Blog Posts from 2021

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Posts from 2021

22 posts published in 2021

2021 - climbing higher and higher
A look back at yet again another amazing year even though times were hard. From lockdowns to in person conferences, to changing jobs and learning a new library, as well as mentoring, teaching workshops, doing lots of sport and so much more.
1 min read
- personal
Adding TailwindCSS to Bit
Adding TailwindCSS to your Bit components by adding it to the env that is used by your components. This way the the component compositions will show the TailwindCSS classes.
1 min read
- react
Building an ecommerce Product details component
Where do you start when building a product page for an e-commerce store? How do you think about naming the components and how much to break down the components? What do you start building first and why?
1 min read
- react
Understanding TypeScript
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript. Any types that are added are not part of the final bundle so really TypeScript is there to make your life easier as a developer.
1 min read
- typescript
- react
Improve Performance with Nuxt Image
Showing the benefits of Nuxt image by analyzing the performance of my website before and after adding the Nuxt Image module.
1 min read
- nuxt
- performance
Publish Multiple Components to NPM with no package.jsons to Maintain
Sharing components across multiple projects or with other developers seems to be the most complicated thing, yet it really shouldn’t be. With package registries such as npm or GitHub packages surely we should easily be able to share our components by publishing them as packages.
1 min read
- architecture
Sharing React Components across Multiple Applications
We have almost all been in a situation where we need to share a component between one app and another. Often we just decide to copy and paste it because it really is the quickest option. And sometimes it’s even ok, especially when it comes to those smaller components. But what if you wanted to share a big and more complex component?
1 min read
- react
- architecture
VS Code Tips
Tips, shortcuts and extensions to make working with VS Code easier so you can developer faster and let the tools do the job for you.
1 min read
- vs code
Amazing Things are Going to Happen
Believing in yourself is hard, especially when for so long people have put you down or not believed in you. Getting those voices out of your head is not easy but I think I have finally done it and now I can finally grow and just be a star.
1 min read
- personal
- motivation
Discord as a Virtual Office
We use Discord as our virtual office at Bit and I have to tell you all about it as it really is a great way to work and collaborate with others especially when working in different time zones.
1 min read
- personal
Learning React
Recently I started learning React for my new job. I basically went from being a coding ninja to being a coding newbie. But hey everything can be learnt so here is what I have learnt so far.
1 min read
- react
GitHub Star Shares Tips on Developer Advocacy, Coding Without a Degree, and Imposter Syndrome
For February’s Ask Engineers Anything event (aka office hours for our engineer community), I invited GitHub Star and community favorite, Debbie O’Brien, to share her experience as a woman in tech who is making a huge difference in the ecosystem.
1 min read
- dev rel
Understanding Nuxt Middleware
Middleware lets you define custom functions that can be run before rendering either a page or a group of pages which we call layouts.
1 min read
- nuxt
Customizing the Nuxt Loading Component
We can customize the Loading for our Client Side applications as well as the loading Progress bar for our server rendered applications and we can even customize this to create our own.
1 min read
- nuxt
Deploying your Nuxt app to Netlify
If you are building a Nuxt static site and want to deploy it easily and for free then Netlify is a great choice. Let me show you how easy it is.
1 min read
- nuxt
Why Live Streams Scare me
What its like to do a live stream, why it scares me and why I know the only way to get over fear is to keep doing it again and again.
1 min read
- personal
How Progressive Web Apps work
Progressive web apps will really help your performance and you can install them on your home screen or desktop and have that app like feel for your website. Let's have a look at how they work.
1 min read
- nuxt
- performance
Adding Vue Plugins to your Nuxt APP
In Nuxt we can add Vue plugins to our application by creating a Nuxt plugin and then registering that plugin in the Nuxt Config file.
1 min read
- nuxt
Creating Video Courses
Creating video courses can be very time consuming and for sure there is no one way to go about it. In this post I share what I have learnt and how I now find it easier to create courses.
1 min read
- personal
Why I Love Nuxt
I have been using Nuxt in all of my recent tech jobs but why did I start using it? What problems did I have trying to convince the team and more important the clients. And why should you use Nuxt?
1 min read
- nuxt
- personal
Lite YouTube Embeds
If you are adding YouTube videos to your site you might notice that they can load quite slowly especially when loading iframes. However this is a better way. With this library your YouTube videos will load super fast and your site will be more performant because of it.
1 min read
- nuxt
- performance
Adding analytics to your Nuxt site
When you build your own site sometimes it's important to add analytics to see what is doing well, what your audience is spending time and perhaps find ways of improving your site
1 min read
- nuxt

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