So today I am starting another new blog type which I intend on doing until the final Portfolio Hub software is complete. I thought, many/most of you readers have no idea what my final intention is with portfolio hub so I wanted to start sharing that here.

If you have already read previous dev blog updates then skip ahead to 'New This Month'.

Who Am I?

So getting started, who am I? 

You may have already read that my name is Robert Watkin. I am the creator of portfolio hub and am the only person working on this site. This is not some organisation with many many staff members... although maybe one day?

For now I am creating this as a fun side/passion project. I am a software engineer at heart. I love technology and anything related to software engineering. Over the last 4-5 years now I have been really passionate about learning personal finance and investing.

As soon as I turned 18, I began investing and learning about the financial markets and I had already been interested in tech for a long time. During my time studying for my degree, I began learning the PHP framework Laravel. This is a programming framework which I have really enjoyed over the last few years and knew it was something for me to pursue.

During my time studying, I also had the idea for Portfolio Hub. Currently I track my personal investments through a spreadsheet. It's good and does what I need it do, but I thought to myself not everyone can be bothered to make a spreadsheet and sometimes I would like something that seems a bit more professional.

I thought creating a piece of software for investors to track their investments in one location was a great idea and whether or not anyone else is interested I am yet to find out.

I used the Laravel language to complete multiple assignments for my degree all with the knowledge that they were just practice for Portfolio Hub. But what exactly is Portfolio Hub going to be used for?

What Is Portfolio Hub

So I am now 22, Portfolio Hub is well underway with the blog up and running and the final software being in development.

The blogs intention was to get some people onto the site with Google SEO so by the time the software is finished, there will actually be people to use it. So if your reading this now from google or any other traffic source, then the plan is somewhat working.

As mentioned the actual software is going to be used for investors to track their investments in one location online. This is by far my most ambitious project but I am very determined to make it the best it can be.

I am wanting to make a software that not only would be useful to other people but primarily I would use myself. As if I wouldn't be wanting to use it myself then I wouldn't expect anyone else to.

I am very open to feature suggestions for the site so if you could have any feature on an investment tracker software then please let me know in the comment section or contact me through the Portfolio Hub website contact page.

New This Month

The software is now available!

Over this month I have been working on releasing Portfolio Hub. You can now try the software yourself. The software is still in it's early stages and I expect a lot of improvement over time. A lot of what I worked on over this month was background stuff to get the site live.

Other than the setup I worked on adjustments and bugfixes, although I expect I may have missed some as a 1 man team. If any issues do arise then feel free to reach out to me through either the websites contact form or via social media. You could even comment on a blog post of mine as I would also see that.

With it being release month I am keeping this sections short. Go checkout the stock tracker and let me know what you think. There is a FREE plan available. Any feedback is much appreciated :)

Summary

So that is it for this months Portfolio Hub development update. If you would like to share your thoughts and opinions on the software below then I would greatly appreciate the feedback.

If you would like to support the project then you can do so by creating an account on portfolio-hub.co.uk, following me on medium or even just leaving a like on this post. I will be creating another update like this for the end of next month.

I am not a financial advisor and anything I say in my blog is not to be taken as financial advice. For any financial advice please contact a financial professional. My blog is based on my own opinions, research and understanding of the financial markets.

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