Rethinking the tech writing portfolio in the AI age

The author argues that traditional writing-sample portfolios lose value in the AI age because LLM-reproducible artifacts no longer differentiate a knowledge worker, so portfolios should instead tell the stories behind the work, emphasize the kinds of problems one likes to solve, and showcase opinions and taste. He also advises against letting AI design the portfolio site, urging writers to choose fonts, colors, and copy themselves, and to present a broader range of tech-comms work such as automation scripts, linter rules, and agentic workflows.