🚀 New Year, New You — My AI-Powered Portfolio

Published: (January 16, 2026 at 08:04 PM EST)
2 min read
Source: Dev.to

Source: Dev.to

Live Demo

Live Demo

About Me

Hi, I’m Senthil Kumar, a Full Stack Tech Lead passionate about building scalable applications and exploring how AI can accelerate real-world development.

For this portfolio, my goal was simple:

  • Showcase my professional profile in a clean, modern way
  • Experiment hands‑on with Google AI Studio
  • Deploy a production‑ready app using Google Cloud Run

This project represents how I currently think about development in 2025: AI‑assisted, cloud‑native, and fast‑moving.

Portfolio

Below is my live portfolio deployed on Google Cloud Run.

How I Built It

Deployment

  • Google Cloud Run

Google AI Usage

I used Google AI Studio to:

  • Generate and refine content structure
  • Improve copy clarity and layout ideas
  • Speed up development decisions

AI helped me move faster while still keeping full control over the final output.

Deployment Process

  • Built the application and deployed using Google AI Studio
  • Added the DEV challenge label manually in Cloud Run as required

The result is a fully managed, scalable deployment with minimal operational overhead.

What I’m Most Proud Of

  • ✅ Successfully combining AI‑assisted development with a real deployment
  • ☁️ Using Cloud Run for a clean, serverless production setup
  • ⚡ Fast iteration using Google AI Studio
  • 🏷️ Manually configuring labels and deployment metadata correctly
  • 🎯 Shipping something real instead of just a concept

This project reinforces how powerful modern cloud + AI tools are when used together.

Final Thoughts

This challenge pushed me to rethink how I build and present my work. Google AI Studio and Cloud Run made it incredibly smooth to go from idea → implementation → deployment.

Thanks to Google AI and DEV for hosting this challenge — excited to build even more in 2026!

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