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Projects Yard
Build portfolios in mins that are discoverable by recruiters
475 followers
Build portfolios in mins that are discoverable by recruiters
475 followers
ProjectsYard lets you create discoverable portfolios in 15 mins. Candidates present real project work in a searchable, recruiter-facing directory organized by skills, not keywords. They turn resumes and decks into structured STAR showcases using AI in seconds. Recruiters run semantic searches, paste job descriptions to find matches, and compare candidates with standardized formats and match scores. ProjectsYard replaces scattered portfolios with a skills-first talent layer.
Hey Product Hunt 👋
We built ProjectsYard as CMU students after running into the same 3 frustrations again and again:
We spend hours crafting portfolios that few people ever stumble across, and even fewer read deeply.
Everyone has strong projects, but there’s no single discoverable place to showcase them
One-Page Resumes reduce months of real work into a few shallow bullets.
Recruiters scan fast and often miss strong signals because projects are scattered across resumes, GitHub, and portfolio links.
From a Product Lens, this is a system problem, not a talent problem.
ProjectsYard started as a project to answer one key question:
What if hiring began with real projects instead of keywords?
So we focused on 3 things:
Creating a portfolio aggregation platform that enables users to build portfolios in < 15 mins
Standardize how projects are explained. A consistent, structured format across candidates.
Make candidates discoverable. AI-powered search & matching using real work, not keywords.
This is not a design-first portfolio tool.
It is a hiring-focused product built to improve decision quality for both candidates and recruiters.
If you’re a maker, we’d love to know what’s hardest about showcasing your work today.
If you’re a recruiter, we’d love to know what signals you actually trust.
Thanks for checking it out — excited to hear your thoughts!
Himakar here (maker) 👋
We’re CMU students, and building ProjectsYard made something feel very clear to us: AI is making it cheap to sound impressive. The bottleneck is shifting from “writing” to “evidence.”
In your experience, what actually counts as evidence that someone can build? Not a buzzword, but the thing that makes you believe the work is real. Curious to hear what you look for first when evaluating a project.
We’ll be in the comments and are actively iterating based on feedback. Appreciate you all 🙏
@venkata_himakar_yanamandra This hits close to home. I’ve spent a lot of time polishing portfolios and project pages, and the reality is most people skim them quickly. What I like about ProjectsYard is the shift in what gets rewarded. Real project work, clear scope, and outcomes, not just resume bullets or a pretty site. If hiring is going to be fast, portfolios need to be scannable and comparable, and this feels built for that.
This is a solid take on the core problem with portfolios.
Checked out the website and it took barely 20 minutes to set up an entire portfolio.
Have considered adding a visual editor with drag and drop functionality to make it even easier?
The UI looks slick
As a recruiter, this is a good product. I am curious what kind of signals are you observing at this stage?
This really resonates.
The point about AI making it easy to sound impressive but harder to prove real ability is spot on. When I look at projects, I’m less interested in polished write-ups and more in clarity around decisions, trade-offs, and outcomes.
Curious how ProjectsYard plans to balance flexibility for creators with keeping projects easy to evaluate for recruiters. That tension feels important.
Nice work. Looking forward to seeing how this evolves.
Don't forget to get your shareable 'portfolio link' after setting up the profile- really valuable!