Hi there, I'm Lucy ππ». I'm a British software developer living in Cali, Colombia with professional experience building applications with React, Next.js, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL. Iβm also a technical writer with experience writing comprehensive documentation. I love making things easy for everyone to understand π€. In my free time, I enjoy writing technical and non-technical blog posts, contributing to open source projects and salsa dancing!
Internationalisation (i18n) in Next.js with next-intl
This blog post is a guide to using next-intl to build multilingual web applications in Next.js. It acts as a companion to the official documentation and talks through the main parts of the library. I hope that it inspires to give next-intl a try.
Forest: My #1 Tool for Deep Work
This blog posts talks about my favourite tool for deep work: Forest App. I talk about why deep work is important and how to start developing your own focus superpower.
Our Sanity and Next.js open source starter project
This blog post follows on from my previous blog post and talks through how I built an open source page builder. I talk through how I put the project together, steps to help you get started with it and I share some lessons and insights I picked up along the way
Exploring Sanityβs Headless CMS: A First-Time User's Perspective
I tried out Sanity's CMS for the first time while working at Skyward and wrote this to talk about my first impressions. Check this out if you'd like to learn what makes Sanity a great headless CMS option.
Build a shopping cart in Next.js with use-shopping-cart and Stripe
Are you looking for an easy way to build a shopping cart for your Next.js website? With the use-shopping-cart library and Stripe, you can quickly and easily create a powerful shopping cart. In this tutorial, Iβll show you how to add Stripe Checkout and shopping cart functionality to a simple pre-built Next.js project. Whether you're building for ...
- Fresh fruit shop: A simple fruit shop application integrated with Stripe, built using Next.js and TailwindCSS. This repository also includes starter code in case you'd like to follow along my tutorial on Hashnode.
- Lightning: A simple game to practice your English speaking skills, built using Next.js and TailwindCSS (still in progress).
- DanceApp: An online platform for teachers to share unlisted YouTube videos with their dance students. Full stack application built in 2021 using Python, Django, JavaScript, and Bootstrap.
I'm always ready and open to work on new and challenging things. I usually work on software development and technical writing freelance projects. Want to know more?