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AI-built portfolios still need developers to explain their own design decisions

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A polished portfolio site and a README do not show whether a developer understands the project they built. Naming frameworks or listing tools fails to answer why specific choices were made. The author suggests explaining one decision through four prompts: what behaviour needed to change, which options existed, why one was chosen, and what a reader can inspect to verify it. A fictional example shows how a filter-state bug led to storing shareable state in URL parameters, with a reproducible check to confirm it. The piece advises documenting a rejected alternative and its project-specific reason, and avoiding invented metrics or ownership claims.

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