davishiggins.com
The central public home for my professional identity and project ecosystem: an editorial, highly interactive site that organizes work across data, AI, analytics, web development, and design.
Live public site
Designed and built the site, its content layer, its interaction system, and the presentation of the wider project ecosystem.
The problem
A broad mix of data, AI, web, and creative work needs a coherent public identity. Without a clear structure, a visitor sees a list of unrelated links instead of one body of work.
My contribution
I designed and developed the site, from its content model and Work system to its motion design, and I maintain the destinations it connects.
What I built
The site combines recruiter-facing information, categorized project discovery, current experience, writing, and direct contact paths. A structured Work system presents each project by category, status, purpose, technology, and destination.
- A Work system organized by category and development status.
- Current positions, focus, and verified accomplishments in one place.
- Custom motion: smooth scrolling, animated transitions, cursor effects, and a contrast toggle.
- A document-icon resume link that opens the PDF directly, the same pattern this portfolio now uses.
How it works
Shared content is kept separate from presentation, with one token system for color, contrast, and responsive behavior.
- Shared content data
- Astro + TypeScript pages
- SCSS tokens + GSAP / Lenis motion
- Vercel deployment
Key decisions
Separate content from presentation.
Project and experience data live in one place, so a change appears everywhere it is used.
One token system.
Color, contrast, and spacing come from shared tokens, which keeps the contrast toggle and responsive layouts consistent.
Keep destinations consistent.
Every project link points to the same verified destination used across my other sites.
Outcomes & evidence
davishiggins.com is live as the hub that connects this portfolio, Curated Notes, Higgins Digital, and individual project sites.
Scope & limits
The public DavisHiggins/Portfolio repository is a showcase of this main site, not the source of this conversational portfolio.
What I learned
A broad project ecosystem becomes easier to understand when identity, content, and destinations share one structure.
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