The Curated, Automated Open Source Portfolio: How It’s Going

A few months ago, I shared a story about building an automated open source portfolio using just my smartphone and an AI assistant while on vacation. My main goal was to stop the "spreadsheet struggle" for myself. However, as I mentioned in that first post, I also wanted to create something others could use to track their own open source progress. Since then, the project has grown so much. I still use AI to build and refine the code, just as I did when I first started. I’ve added more features that capture the "invisible" work of open source. But as I kept building, I realized that to truly help other folks track their journeys, I needed to make a clear distinction between my personal needs and the core features that everyone can use. This is the story of how the portfolio evolved, the new features I’ve added, and how I finally turned it into a template for everyone. Moving Beyond the Basics In my first post, I shared how I automated the tracking of my daily tasks — merged PRs, issues,