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IdeaRoast Analysis
Q:A minimalist personal portfolio site built with vanilla HTML and CSS, hosted on AWS S3 with CloudFront CDN for fast, reliable global delivery.
The Roast
"You've built a portfolio site—congratulations, you've solved a problem nobody's paying for. This is like opening a restaurant to show people how good your cooking *could* be instead of, you know, actually feeding them."
Reality Check
Market Saturation
9/10
Skill Match
8/10
Time Realism
9/10
Revenue Potential
1/10
💀 Why This Fails
- • Portfolio sites generate $0 in revenue—they're a resume, not a business
- • Everyone with coding skills has one; zero differentiation or scarcity value
- • Hosting costs ~$5/month; effort-to-profit ratio is comically bad
✅ The Pivot
Turn this into a **portfolio-as-a-service template business**: Build a dead-simple, drag-and-drop portfolio generator (using your HTML/CSS/AWS stack), charge $5-15/month to non-technical creators (designers, freelancers, coaches). You already know the stack—now monetize it for people who don't.
Current Idea
1/10 — A digital business card
Pivoted Idea
6/10 — Lean SaaS with real margins