Patterns for Next.js, Sanity, Catch-all Routes and Slugs
Hard coding document slugs in Sanity with validation rules can save you a lot of double-handling on both front and back end.
👋 Hey!
I'm a 🇦🇺 full stack developer in 🇬🇧 Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
My best work is in API-connected Jamstack projects on Next.js and Gatsby, backed by Sanity.
I have way too many hobby projects. As seen on CSS Tricks.
Recipe websites, data modelling and user experience
To a developer, recipes represent such a complex and delicious content model. So why do so many recipe websites leave a bad taste? Let's explore cooking up a more ideal version.
Backup Sanity to AWS S3
Headless CMS's are refreshingly "set and forget". But if the Risk Management Department needs to be satiated by having your own backup solution, it's easy to do.
The guide to useEffect() I wish I had
If you're relatively new to React, Hooks aren't new, they simply exist. And to understand the useEffect() hook is to almost entirely understand React Components.
Fun with Tailwind CSS Plugins
Publishing extensions is so much easier than copy/pasting project-to-project.
Responsive, Extendable Squircles with SVG and CSS
Rounded corners don't have to be so boring.
Dynamic Social Share Images with Gatsby and Tailwind CSS
For Tailwind CSS users, HTML is a faster design tool than Sketch and Figma. Better, too. Use the design system that powers your website to generate its own static assets.
Gutenberg is the end of custom WordPress websites
For the first time ever, WordPress has strong opinions about how your website is designed – making it a bad choice as a generic content management system.
Sanity Schema Generator
Trying my hand at adding to the the Developer Experience of Sanity.
Create a Page Builder in Sanity for Gatsby
Setting up the most popular content editing pattern for the component-based nature of front end frameworks and modern website design.
Roll your own Gatsby live preview for Sanity
Gatsby Cloud-like live previewing for your Sanity website, but low cost with unlimited edits.
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