Data fetching in Nuxt
Nuxt data fetching explained within the context of Nuxt's SSR lifecycle
Dave Stewart
Dave Stewart
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Nuxt Data Fetching Cookbook
A cookbook of Nuxt data fetching patterns and best practices
10 Best Free Hosting For Students in 2025
Looking for free hosting options for your student projects or personal websites? Discover the top 10 best free hosting services tailored for students in 2024.
How do AIs code as well as they do?
Claude AI explains in its own words how it writes such good code
Getting a grip on Nuxt's auto-import functionality
Understanding when to use and when to avoid the auto-import magic
Modular site architecture with Nuxt layers
Build sites that scale by organising code by domain, not concern
Forgd
Data-driven tools & advisory services for blockchain token launch
Versioning and releasing larger Chrome extensions
An approach to plan and implement a robust versioning scheme and release schedule – without Semver
My ketogenic diet and intermittent fasting journey
Everything I learned in 3 months of sticking to a keto and fasting regime
Guide to nailing your next hackathon
An intro to hackathons and how to get the most out of them
A guide to MSAL authentication in Vue
Architect a Vue JS app secured with Microsoft Authentication Library
On mindsets, mind shifts and wins
A 10-year (ish) retrospective of self-reflection and improvement
WorkFlowy "Inboxes"
A WorkFlowy organisational strategy for when you've multiple projects and lots of ideas
How I stopped biting my nails
How I stopped biting my nails and learned to respect my hands
WebStorm Power User Manual
The WebStorm features and tools I use everyday to write better code and build bigger apps
WebStorm shortcuts for lightning productivity
Essential WebStorm keyboard shortcuts to make you the most productive developer in the office
Metalink
Web and mobile app to track, manage and discuss NFT collections
Twosday's hidden analogue symmetry
22:22 is palindromic and ambigramic, but what about its analogue form?
25 Finder tips & tactics to speed up your workflow
A treasure trove of solid strategies and hidden gems to wrangle those windows and fly through folders
The work is never just “the work”
A deep dive on why projects always take longer and a framework to improve future estimation
7 code-style variations for strongly-typed JSON
Destructure raw JSON whilst automatically adding type information
FGH Lexicon
In-house tooling for global strategic communications consultancy
Why rocks, pebbles, sand is a productivity trap
Doing the big stuff first can set you up for failure; here's how you should structure your day instead
Hacking WorkFlowy formatting with Stylish
Use a well-known Chrome extension to add new functionality via custom CSS styles
Asterisk
Greenfield build of peer to peer securities lending platform
Sentiance Journeys
Development of data visualisation dashboard for data science firm
Clear Bank
Development of internal banking systems and tooling
Diary of a Rapid Application Build
Development diary and reflection on building a Trello clone from scratch
FairSquare
Greenfield build of car finance and sales platform
The wrong kind of democracy?
A comparison of the 2015 election results with FPTP vs PR
The Shard, finished
Ever thought The Shard looks like they forgot to finish it off? See how it could have looked if they had...
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Nuxt
Deep dives about Nuxt and the Vue ecosystem
Productivity
Everything I know so far about staying productive and getting more done
Programming
Programming concepts explained in plain English with understandable examples
Software
Tips and hacks for software I use every day
Thoughts
Random musings
Work
Thoughts and realisations on the business of software development
Mirror your body's energy levels to get more done
Optimise your productivity by tailoring tasks and effort to your natural energy levels
100 actionable hacks to boost your productivity
A list of simple tips to help you get achieve more in your day and maintain project momentum
My WorkFlowy strategy
How I'm currently using WorkFlowy to be more productive
Array.reduce() explained so you'll actually get it
Write better, more expressive code with JS's most mis-understood method
Auth flow explained using a bar analogy
Authorisation flow seems complex but a simple analogy can explain it
Content Security Policy explained so you'll get it
Learn how to protect your apps and sites from malicious 3rd party code
Temperature is relative
Audit your failures to improve almost anything
Deep-dive your disasters to become more effective in your personal and professional life
How I use GitHub's tools to manage my projects
Use the free GitHub projects tools to work more productively on your personal and side projects