Max Stoiber Portfolio
Creator of styled-components (used on roughly 1% of the public web) and co-founder of Stellate — his stripped-back personal site is an essay-and-open-source hub, now applying the same instinct at OpenAI.
What makes it work
A breakdown of the choices that make this portfolio stand out.
A single open-source metric that needs no explanation
Being used on about 1% of all public, crawlable websites is impressive without requiring context about stars or downloads.
Career moves narrated as increasing scope of ownership
Maintainer → founder → co-founder → OpenAI is made explicit as a progression, not a flat employer list.
Radical minimalism as a signal of confidence
Plain markdown-style typography, no hero image — at his level of name recognition, zero design effort communicates more confidence than visual polish would.
What Full Stack Developers can take from this
Specific, actionable tips to apply to your own portfolio — no generic advice.
If you've built something widely adopted, find the single number that needs no further explanation and lead with it.
Narrate your career as increasing ownership (contributor → maintainer → founder → leadership), not a flat list of companies.
At a senior/founder level, publishing your actual working philosophy is more useful to the right audience than another project write-up.
Minimalism is only credible once your track record speaks for itself — invest in portfolio polish earlier in your career.
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