Joey de Villa Portfolio
Developer advocate and technical writer with a long history writing for platforms like Shopify and Auth0. His blog doubles as a technical-writing portfolio, showing years of consistent developer-facing content.
What makes it work
A breakdown of the choices that make this portfolio stand out.
A long, consistent public writing history
Years of dated, publicly accessible posts prove sustained output and evolving expertise rather than a handful of curated recent samples.
Named platform experience
Writing credits tied to recognizable developer platforms (Shopify, Auth0) provide verifiable third-party credibility.
Developer advocacy framing
Positioning technical writing as part of a broader developer-advocacy role shows the writing serves a wider community and product-adoption goal.
What Technical Writers can take from this
Specific, actionable tips to apply to your own portfolio — no generic advice.
A long-running, dated blog can double as your portfolio — consistency over years is itself a credibility signal.
If you've written for well-known developer platforms, name them explicitly for instant third-party credibility.
Frame technical writing within a broader developer-advocacy context if that's part of your role — it shows business impact beyond the words themselves.
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