Rachel Andrew Portfolio
Ran the web consultancy edgeofmyseat.com for two decades before it evolved into shipping the Perch CMS (2009) and Notist (2018) — a portfolio spanning client website builds, a commercial CMS product, and active CSS Working Group specification work.
What makes it work
A breakdown of the choices that make this portfolio stand out.
Two decades of freelance-to-product career documented in one archive
The blog's archive goes back to 2001, giving a rare unbroken record of how a freelance web consultancy evolved into shipping its own CMS product. Few portfolios show that trajectory this transparently.
Standards work backing the practical output
Being a CSS Working Group member and specification editor isn't decorative — it means the layout techniques she writes about are informed by having helped define them, not just used them.
A "Now" page instead of a static bio
Keeping a dated, regularly-updated "what I'm doing currently" page signals an active practitioner rather than an abandoned personal site, something most portfolios never bother maintaining.
What Web Developers can take from this
Specific, actionable tips to apply to your own portfolio — no generic advice.
If your career has spanned freelance work, product building, and standards or community involvement, show the throughline instead of just the latest job title.
Keep a dated 'now' page — it costs little to update and immediately signals the site isn't abandoned.
An archive that goes back years is itself evidence: don't delete old writing just because your opinions have evolved.
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