I explain programming and web development concepts in plain English
Introduction Before I answer that question, I’d like to speak a bit about what qualities help me confirm that I’ve learned a given subject. For that purpose, I want to contrast two modes of learning, that I’m calling profound learning and superficial...
Understanding how Vue uses SSR with the Virtual DOM
This week I have had the delightful pleasure of attending my first Ruby Conf in Las Vegas, Nevada. At the conference there was much discussion, amongst speakers and attendees alike, on the future of R
Introducing the TDZ Is the title of this article from a Star Trek episode? In fact, the Temporal Dead Zone (TDZ) is a term used to describe what happens to a variable that is hoisted but not initializ
I have some complex thoughts about AI assisted coding. They’re still swirling around in my brain and not completely solidified into a specific Opinion™, so read with that in mind. I am 1000% excited about the productivity bump of AI assisted coding ...
Introduction Post Vue Conf 2025 (read about my post-conference reflections here!), I’m setting a goal of learning one (1) cool Vue thing per day. So far I’ve covered one cool Vue thing per week, but - hey! - we all have to start somewhere. The reason...
Introduction Still bursting with energy and inspiration from my recent trip to Tampa for Vue Conf, I sit down to reflect on what I learned. Three things stand out. It turns out, while I did learn an incredible amount of technical tips and tricks, wha...
Just passed my two years of work mark at Fuego Leads as a junior frontend developer and thought I'd take this opportunity to reflect on my time there. Short story So far it's been amazing! Every day I’m thankful I get to do what I do - the work is fa...
Have you ever wanted to use Vue components inside a markdown file? Because Nuxt content allows you to do just that! This joining of component and markdown allows for a flexible system of rendering content, that can take into account the needs of styl...
