Every portfolio site has the same problem: it's static. A grid of projects, a bio, a contact form — nothing on the page ever changes, which means nothing on the page proves you can work with live data. Recruiters and reviewers skim past it because there's nothing to skim.

The fastest fix isn't building your own API — it's embedding someone else's, and picking one that's actually interesting to look at. Here's how to drop a live, auto-updating tech news feed into any site with a single script tag, using NewTqnia, a bilingual (English/Arabic) tech newsroom with a free embeddable widget.

Why this is a good portfolio move, not just decoration

A static "About Me" page tells someone you can write HTML. A page with a live-updating feed tells them you can integrate a third-party service, handle async content, and think about internationalization (this one supports English and Arabic out of the box) — all real, hireable skills, for the cost of one script tag.

Step 1: Build your embed