Thiago Colen's Digital Universe: Building a Content-Synced Portfolio with Gatsby & DEV.to

1. The Hook & "Why" (Introduction) The Problem: Keeping a personal portfolio updated with the latest technical articles often leads to duplicated effort and fragmented content. Maintaining a custom CMS or a local database can be overkill for a simple blog. The Solution: By leveraging the DEV.to API , I've integrated my Gatsby-based portfolio directly with my developer community profile. This allows me to publish on DEV.to and have it automatically appear on my personal site, ensuring a single source of truth and a seamless content management experience. Official Resources: Gatsby Documentation DEV.to API Reference 2. Getting Started (Basic Explanation) Core Concept: The architecture relies on the JAMstack (JavaScript, APIs, and Markup). During the static site generation process, Gatsby fetches data from the DEV.to API and dynamically creates pages based on that data. Hello World Example: A minimal approach to fetching articles from DEV.to in a Gatsby project involves using axios in gat