Use Case
Build your developer portfolio on LinkedIn
Your LinkedIn profile is your portfolio. Every post about a PR you merged, a bug you fixed, or a system you designed is a portfolio piece that shows up in recruiters' feeds. ShipPost turns your shipping history into that portfolio.
Try it freeHow it works
From shipping history to visible portfolio
01
Connect your repos
Add your GitHub token and username. ShipPost scans across all repos you have access to — work projects, side projects, open source contributions.
02
Scan your best work
Browse your recently merged PRs and pick the ones that tell the best story. The feature you shipped, the performance win, the refactor that simplified everything.
03
Post regularly
Generate posts weekly from your shipping activity. One or two posts per week is enough to build a visible track record of technical work.
04
Build momentum
Over time, your LinkedIn feed becomes a portfolio of real work. Recruiters, collaborators, and potential users see what you build — not what you claim to know.
Example
A month of portfolio building
Week 1: Performance win
Reduced our dashboard API response from 1.8s to 200ms by adding compound indexes and eliminating N+1 queries.
Week 2: New feature
Shipped real-time notifications using WebSockets. The interesting part was handling reconnection gracefully across mobile networks.
Week 3: Bug fix story
Found a race condition that had been silently corrupting user preferences for 3 months. Root cause: two event handlers updating the same state without locking.
Week 4: Architecture decision
Migrated from a homegrown job queue to BullMQ. Lost some flexibility, gained reliability and a dashboard for free.
Four posts in a month. Each one took under a minute to generate. Together, they show a developer who ships features, fixes hard bugs, cares about performance, and makes thoughtful architecture decisions.
Why posting is the best portfolio
It's always up to date
A portfolio site gets stale the moment you stop updating it. A LinkedIn posting habit, powered by your actual shipping history, stays current automatically.
It reaches people
Your portfolio site gets visited when someone clicks the link. Your LinkedIn posts get seen by your entire network — including recruiters you haven't connected with yet.
It shows consistency
A steady stream of technical posts demonstrates that you ship regularly. That's more impressive than a one-off portfolio with 3 projects from 2 years ago.
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FAQ
Common questions
How often should I post? +
Once or twice a week is the sweet spot. Enough to stay visible, not so much that it feels like a second job. ShipPost makes this easy — just scan your recent merges and pick the most interesting one.
Will this help me get hired? +
Posting about your technical work consistently increases your visibility to recruiters and hiring managers. It's not a guarantee, but it puts you ahead of developers who have a blank LinkedIn profile.
Can I post about private repos? +
Yes. ShipPost uses your GitHub token to access repos you have permissions for. The generated posts describe the work at a level appropriate for public sharing — they don't expose proprietary code.
Does it work for freelancers? +
Absolutely. Freelancers benefit even more from consistent posting. Every post about shipped client work (within appropriate boundaries) is a portfolio piece that attracts new clients.
Your best portfolio is your shipping history
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