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Report Abuse Cover image for Join the New Year, New You Portfolio Challenge: $3,000 in Prizes + Feedback from Google AI Team (For Winners and Runner Ups!) The DEV Team profile image Jess Lee Jess Lee Subscriber for The DEV Team Posted on Jan 1 o Edited on Jan 8 (BUTTON) [sparkle-heart-5f9bee3767e18deb1bb725290cb151c25234768a0e9a2bd39370c382d02920cf.svg] (BUTTON) [multi-unicorn-b44d6f8c23cdd00964192bedc38af3e82463978aa611b4365bd33a0f1f4f3e97.svg] (BUTTON) [exploding-head-daceb38d627e6ae9b730f36a1e390fca556a4289d5a41abb2c35068ad3e2c4b5.svg] (BUTTON) [raised-hands-74b2099fd66a39f2d7eed9305ee0f4553df0eb7b4f11b01b6b1b499973048fe5.svg] (BUTTON) [fire-f60e7a582391810302117f987b22a8ef04a2fe0df7e3258a5f49332df1cec71e.svg] Join the New Year, New You Portfolio Challenge: $3,000 in Prizes + Feedback from Google AI Team (For Winners and Runner Ups!) #devchallenge #googleaichallenge #gemini #career We're thrilled to kick off 2026 with our newest challenge presented by Google AI! Running through February 1, the "New Year, New You" Portfolio Challenge invites you to build or update your developer portfolio using Google AI's powerful tools and infrastructure. Whether you're a seasoned developer looking for a refresh or just starting your career journey, this challenge is the perfect opportunity to showcase your skills and create something that represents you. We hope you give it a try! The Prompt Your mission is to create a new portfolio site that showcases your work, skills, and personality. This is your chance to make a great first impression! Build a portfolio that: * Represents who you are as a developer * Highlights your best projects and accomplishments * Demonstrates your technical skills * Shows off your unique personality and style Please use any of Google AI's tools to bring your portfolio to life: * AI Studio - Build with Google's Gemini models * Gemini CLI - Command-line tools for AI-powered development * Antigravity - Google's AI-first development environment The most important requirement? Your portfolio must be deployed to Google Cloud Run and embedded directly in your submission post. Prizes Winners (3) will each receive: * $1,000 USD * Personalized feedback on their portfolio from the Google AI team * Exclusive DEV Badge * A completion badge on their DEV profile Runner-Ups (5) will receive: * Personalized feedback on their portfolio from the Google AI team * Exclusive DEV Badge * A completion badge on their DEV profile All Participants with a valid submission will receive a completion badge on their DEV profile. How To Participate In order to participate, you'll need to deploy your portfolio to Google Cloud Run and publish a post using the submission template below. Your portfolio should be live, functional, and embedded in your post using the Cloud Run embed feature. Please use the label specifically for our challenge as part of your embed syntax: --labels dev-tutorial=devnewyear2026 "New Year, New You" Challenge Submission Template __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Google Cloud Free Tier Google AI offers a generous free tier should be more than sufficient to complete your portoflio. Pricing example for us-central1 region: * CPU: First 240,000 vCPU-seconds free per month * RAM: First 450,000 GiB-seconds free per month Please review our judging criteria, rules, guidelines, and FAQ page before submitting so you understand our participation guidelines and official contest rules such as eligibility requirements. Getting Started Not sure where to begin? Here are some resources to help you get started: From prompt to deployed app in less than 2 minutes Google AI logo dynamicwebpaige profile Paige Bailey (BUTTON) Paige Bailey Paige Bailey (BUTTON) Follow for Google AI Jul 2 '25 From prompt to deployed app in less than 2 minutes #webdev #programming #ai #gemini [raised-hands-74b2099fd66a39f2d7eed9305ee0f4553df0eb7b4f11b01b6b1b499973048fe5.svg] [fire-f60e7a582391810302117f987b22a8ef04a2fe0df7e3258a5f49332df1cec71e.svg] [sparkle-heart-5f9bee3767e18deb1bb725290cb151c25234768a0e9a2bd39370c382d02920cf.svg] 433 reactions 83 comments 6 min read (BUTTON) Gemini 3 Flash is now available in Gemini CLI Google AI logo ntaylormullen profile Taylor Mullen (BUTTON) Taylor Mullen Taylor Mullen (BUTTON) Follow for Google AI Dec 17 '25 Gemini 3 Flash is now available in Gemini CLI #gemini #cli #ai #terminal [raised-hands-74b2099fd66a39f2d7eed9305ee0f4553df0eb7b4f11b01b6b1b499973048fe5.svg] [exploding-head-daceb38d627e6ae9b730f36a1e390fca556a4289d5a41abb2c35068ad3e2c4b5.svg] [sparkle-heart-5f9bee3767e18deb1bb725290cb151c25234768a0e9a2bd39370c382d02920cf.svg] 22 reactions 1 comment 4 min read (BUTTON) Introducing Google Antigravity, a New Era in AI-Assisted Software Development Google AI logo antigravityteam profile Antigravity Team (BUTTON) Antigravity Team Antigravity Team (BUTTON) Follow for Google AI Nov 19 '25 Introducing Google Antigravity, a New Era in AI-Assisted Software Development #antigravity #google #gemini #ai [fire-f60e7a582391810302117f987b22a8ef04a2fe0df7e3258a5f49332df1cec71e.svg] [raised-hands-74b2099fd66a39f2d7eed9305ee0f4553df0eb7b4f11b01b6b1b499973048fe5.svg] [sparkle-heart-5f9bee3767e18deb1bb725290cb151c25234768a0e9a2bd39370c382d02920cf.svg] 56 reactions Add Comment 6 min read (BUTTON) And for anyone who would also like to deploy their portfolio to a custom domain: Give your AI Studio deployed app a custom URL Google AI logo dynamicwebpaige profile Paige Bailey (BUTTON) Paige Bailey Paige Bailey (BUTTON) Follow for Google AI Dec 11 '25 Give your AI Studio deployed app a custom URL #webdev #programming #javascript #beginners [exploding-head-daceb38d627e6ae9b730f36a1e390fca556a4289d5a41abb2c35068ad3e2c4b5.svg] [multi-unicorn-b44d6f8c23cdd00964192bedc38af3e82463978aa611b4365bd33a0f1f4f3e97.svg] [sparkle-heart-5f9bee3767e18deb1bb725290cb151c25234768a0e9a2bd39370c382d02920cf.svg] 62 reactions 8 comments 3 min read (BUTTON) Eligibility Requirements This specific challenge includes the following restrictions: * Territories and regions excluded: Afghanistan, Belarus, Central African Republic, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, Iran, Iraq, Kosovo, Libya, Myanmar (Burma), North Korea, Russia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Venezuela, Yemen, Crimea, the so-called Donetsk People's Republic (DNR), the so-called Luhansk People's Republic (LNR). * Additional participant exclusions for this challenge: Government institution employees, Google employees * Open only to 18+ These challenge-specific restrictions are in addition to all eligibility requirements and exclusions detailed in our General Contest Official Rules and New Year, New You Portfolio Challenge Presented by Google AI Contest Rules. Important Dates * January 1, 2026: New Year, New You Portfolio Challenge begins! * February 1, 2026: Submissions due at 11:59 PM PST * February 19, 2026: Winners Announced We can't wait to see the portfolios you create! Questions about the challenge? Ask them below. Good luck and happy coding! Top comments (95) Subscribe pic ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ (BUTTON) Personal (BUTTON) Trusted User Create template Templates let you quickly answer FAQs or store snippets for re-use. (BUTTON) Submit (BUTTON) Preview Dismiss naveen_gaur profile image naveen gaur (BUTTON) naveen gaur naveen gaur (button) Follow Full-Stack Consultant & WordPress Performance Specialist | Technical SEO � Emergency Recovery � Custom Web Apps. * Location Dehradun * Joined Jun 14, 2024 o Jan 2 (BUTTON) * Copy link * * (BUTTON) Hide * * * This challenge came at the perfect time I've been planning to refresh my portfolio, and this is a great opportunity to rebuild with new ideas and tech. Excited to participate and share progress along the way. Looking forward to seeing how others approach their portfolio redesigns too �� (BUTTON) 14 likes Like (BUTTON) Reply naveen_gaur profile image naveen gaur (BUTTON) naveen gaur naveen gaur (button) Follow Full-Stack Consultant & WordPress Performance Specialist | Technical SEO � Emergency Recovery � Custom Web Apps. * Location Dehradun * Joined Jun 14, 2024 o Jan 10 o Edited on Jan 10 o Edited (BUTTON) * Copy link * * (BUTTON) Hide * * * I ended up writing a short reference guide while working on my own portfolio refresh -- focused on which Google AI tool to use for which kind of task (Gemini vs AI Studio vs Antigravity), rather than a step-by-step build. Sharing it here in case it helps others in the challenge: Reference guide on Google AI tools for portfolios (BUTTON) 3 likes Like (BUTTON) Reply jonathan_rivera_977f09323 profile image Jonathan Rivera (BUTTON) Jonathan Rivera Jonathan Rivera (button) Follow * Joined Jan 6, 2025 o Jan 24 (BUTTON) * Copy link * * (BUTTON) Hide * * * Delta (BUTTON) 2 likes Like (BUTTON) Reply pascal_cescato_692b7a8a20 profile image Pascal CESCATO (BUTTON) Pascal CESCATO Subscriber Pascal CESCATO [subscription-icon-805dfa7ac7dd660f07ed8d654877270825b07a92a03841aa99a1093bd00431b2.png] (button) Follow Full-stack dev sharing practical guides on WordPress, n8n automation, AI tools, Docker & self-hosting. Always experimenting with new tech to make life easier. * Email [email protected] * Location France * Pronouns he/him * Joined Aug 19, 2025 o Jan 2 (BUTTON) * Copy link * * (BUTTON) Hide * * * Awesome! This is the challenge I was waiting for I jumped straight into architecture design and coding as soon as I read the post, and things are moving fast. Now comes the hard part: writing the accompanying article... and that's a whole different challenge (BUTTON) 9 likes Like (BUTTON) Reply carlosorioli profile image Carlos Rogerio Orioli (BUTTON) Carlos Rogerio Orioli Carlos Rogerio Orioli (button) Follow Paulistano Living in Floripa , Web Developer and Graphic Designer, in the short time skater and collector of Vinyl records. I love Music * Email [email protected] * Location Brasil - Florianop�lis / SC * Work Carlos Rogerio Orioli at Javascript fullstack developer * Joined Jan 4, 2020 o Jan 3 (BUTTON) * Copy link * * (BUTTON) Hide * * * I did this before this challenge existed. rogeriorioli.vercel.app/ (BUTTON) 10 likes Like (BUTTON) Reply lovestaco profile image Athreya aka Maneshwar (BUTTON) Athreya aka Maneshwar Athreya aka Maneshwar (button) Follow Software Dev | Technical Writer | 500k+ Reads | Learning, building, improving, writing :) * Email [email protected] * Joined Jan 5, 2023 o Jan 6 (BUTTON) * Copy link * * (BUTTON) Hide * * * Nice, how's mine? lovestaco.replit.app (BUTTON) 8 likes Like (BUTTON) Reply daniel_githinji_6e1e402c3 profile image Daniel Githinji (BUTTON) Daniel Githinji Daniel Githinji (button) Follow A Web4 explorer and cognitive hacker blending code with human psychology. Pantomath obsessed with decentralized UX, antifragile systems, and teaching AI through memes. Building self-document * Joined Jun 13, 2025 o Jan 10 (BUTTON) * Copy link * * (BUTTON) Hide * * * Would you mind sharing the prompt, It's too good to be true� (BUTTON) 3 likes Like Thread lovestaco profile image Athreya aka Maneshwar (BUTTON) Athreya aka Maneshwar Athreya aka Maneshwar (button) Follow Software Dev | Technical Writer | 500k+ Reads | Learning, building, improving, writing :) * Email [email protected] * Joined Jan 5, 2023 o Jan 10 (BUTTON) * Copy link * * (BUTTON) Hide * * * I did it long back @daniel_githinji_6e1e402c3 And it was multiple prompts and multiple iterations. Thanks a lot :) (BUTTON) 2 likes Like (BUTTON) Reply cero_cool profile image Leonardo Sanchez Biondini (BUTTON) Leonardo Sanchez Biondini Leonardo Sanchez Biondini (button) Follow Bio will be completed in v2.0 * Joined Jan 9, 2026 o Jan 9 (BUTTON) * Copy link * * (BUTTON) Hide * * * Excellent! no notes! love it! great job man. (BUTTON) 3 likes Like Thread lovestaco profile image Athreya aka Maneshwar (BUTTON) Athreya aka Maneshwar Athreya aka Maneshwar (button) Follow Software Dev | Technical Writer | 500k+ Reads | Learning, building, improving, writing :) * Email [email protected] * Joined Jan 5, 2023 o Jan 10 (BUTTON) * Copy link * * (BUTTON) Hide * * * Thanks a lot, Leo :) (BUTTON) 2 likes Like (BUTTON) Reply heytechomaima profile image Omaima Ameen (BUTTON) Omaima Ameen Omaima Ameen (button) Follow building web & saas tools o writing what most devs skip * Location India * Education Academic Global School * Pronouns She * Work Building extensions Writing technical content - Learning in public * Joined Oct 28, 2025 o Jan 5 (BUTTON) * Copy link * * (BUTTON) Hide * * * niceee !!� (BUTTON) 3 likes Like (BUTTON) Reply tony_d555 profile image Anthony divine (BUTTON) Anthony divine Anthony divine (button) Follow A frontend developer, inspiring to become a data scientist * Joined Aug 10, 2025 o Jan 4 (BUTTON) * Copy link * * (BUTTON) Hide * * * nice portfolio, which framework did you use (BUTTON) 2 likes Like (BUTTON) Reply carlosorioli profile image Carlos Rogerio Orioli (BUTTON) Carlos Rogerio Orioli Carlos Rogerio Orioli (button) Follow Paulistano Living in Floripa , Web Developer and Graphic Designer, in the short time skater and collector of Vinyl records. I love Music * Email [email protected] * Location Brasil - Florianop�lis / SC * Work Carlos Rogerio Orioli at Javascript fullstack developer * Joined Jan 4, 2020 o Jan 5 o Edited on Jan 5 o Edited (BUTTON) * Copy link * * (BUTTON) Hide * * * vite , react , gemini client for my chat assistent, IDE antigravity and resend to save leads and notify me by email when new lead comming . (BUTTON) 5 likes Like (BUTTON) Reply nisha_chauhan_34dcd367085 profile image nc (BUTTON) nc nc (button) Follow * Joined Jun 11, 2024 o Jan 5 (BUTTON) * Copy link * * (BUTTON) Hide * * * I have a confusion, I haven't built a personal project in a while and all my old projects are just meh, but I still wanna take part in this portfolio contest, suggestions please? (BUTTON) 7 likes Like (BUTTON) Reply smngvlkz profile image Simangaliso Vilakazi (BUTTON) Simangaliso Vilakazi Simangaliso Vilakazi (button) Follow South African Full-Stack Software Engineer specializing in EdTech, working across production-grade SaaS, automation, and platform systems * Email [email protected] * Location Durban, South Africa * Pronouns He/Him * Work FullStack Engineer @ Code4kids * Joined May 11, 2023 o Jan 2 o Edited on Jan 2 o Edited (BUTTON) * Copy link * * (BUTTON) Hide * * * Immediately jumped into build mode when I saw this. Thanks for putting it together! I have been meaning to refresh my portfolio for a while now. I haven't worked with Cloud Run before, so this should be a great excuse to learn it. Planning to submit tomorrow. (BUTTON) 5 likes Like (BUTTON) Reply masonwright757 profile image Mason Wright (BUTTON) Mason Wright Mason Wright (button) Follow I'm Mason. I have completed my undergraduate studies and become a professional web app developer. Founder of Savepinset.com, Smrtplayapk.net, Spidersolitairepro.com and more! * Email [email protected] * Location United States * Pronouns Mr * Work Founder at Spidersolitairepro.com * Joined Jan 1, 2026 o Jan 2 (BUTTON) * Copy link * * (BUTTON) Hide * * * This challenge sounds exciting and very helpful for developers. It is a great way to start the new year by building or updating a portfolio using Google AI tools. I like that it is open to both beginners and experienced developers. The prizes, feedback from the Google AI team, and badges are a big bonus. Thank you for sharing this opportunity. I am looking forward to seeing the portfolios everyone creates and may join the challenge myself. 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I just started working on my portfolio until I came across this, this morning. (BUTTON) 5 likes Like (BUTTON) Reply andrewbaisden profile image Andrew Baisden (BUTTON) Andrew Baisden Andrew Baisden (button) Follow Full-Stack Engineer | AI-Augmented Developer | React o TypeScript o Node o Python | Cursor + Claude daily * Location London, UK * Education Bachelor Degree Computer Science * Work Software Developer * Joined Feb 11, 2020 o Jan 5 (BUTTON) * Copy link * * (BUTTON) Hide * * * Great way to start the year � (BUTTON) 3 likes Like (BUTTON) Reply wanjiang profile image wanjiang (BUTTON) wanjiang wanjiang (button) Follow Full-stack Developer & Automation Enthusiast. Building tools to help the n8n community ship faster. * Email [email protected] * Location Hong Kong * Education Computer Science * Work Full Stack Engineer * Joined Dec 23, 2025 o Jan 8 (BUTTON) * Copy link * * (BUTTON) Hide * * * This challenge lands at the perfect time! I've been heavily integrating the Google ecosystem into my professional dev workflow recently. My portfolio site, n8nworkflows.world, is already live on Cloud Run. I leveraged Google Antigravity to accelerate the full-stack build--specifically for generating the crawler logic and refining the UI components. I also maintain aiword.life, where the backend architecture is completely driven by Gemini for processing complex user intents. It's great to see a challenge that unifies this stack. I'm finalizing my submission to demonstrate how these AI tools fit into a real-world full-stack environment. Challenge accepted! � (BUTTON) 2 likes Like (BUTTON) Reply View full discussion (95 comments) Some comments may only be visible to logged-in visitors. Sign in to view all comments. Code of Conduct o Report abuse Are you sure you want to hide this comment? It will become hidden in your post, but will still be visible via the comment's permalink. 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