Add Live Bilingual Tech News to Your Portfolio Site in One Line
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…
Static portfolio sites often lack dynamic content that showcases the ability to work with live data. Recruiters and reviewers may skim right past them because there's little to engage with. The quickest solution isn't to build your own API, but rather to embed someone else's, and choose one that's visually appealing and interesting to look at.
NewTqnia is a bilingual (English/Arabic) tech newsroom offering a free, embeddable widget that can be added to any site with just one script tag. This move demonstrates real technical skills like integrating third-party services, handling asynchronous content, and internationalization, all for the price of one script tag. To add the widget, go to newtqnia.com/en/widget, where a live configurator allows you to customize the content, appearance, and settings to match your site.
After selecting your preferences, copy the generated embed code, paste it into your site, and the widget will render inside an isolated Shadow DOM, ensuring it won't clash with your existing CSS or leak its own styles. You can further customize the widget by dynamically toggling the language, adding a button to switch between English and Arabic, matching it to your site's theme, or filtering the feed based on your specific interests.
For those looking to go beyond the widget, NewTqnia also offers a public REST API with documentation and SDKs for PHP and Node, which can be used to build your own custom feed UI. This one-line addition transforms a static portfolio into one that actively showcases your technical abilities.
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