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Nicky Christensen

Nicky Christensen

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May 27

I’m a Staff Engineer Who Can’t Stop Building Side Projects. It Might Be a Problem…

My wife knows the look. It’s Saturday morning. I’m “just checking something.” Three hours later I haven’t moved, the coffee is cold, and…

I’m a Staff Engineer Who Can’t Stop Building Side Projects. It Might Be a Problem…

Nicky Christensen

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Apr 16

Your Website Looks Fine. This Free Scanner Disagrees.

Go ahead. Open your website right now. Looks fine, right?

Your Website Looks Fine. This Free Scanner Disagrees.

Nicky Christensen

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Apr 9

AI Writes 80% of My Code Now. I’m Not Sure How I Feel About It.

AI has made building more fun. And being a developer a bit strange.

AI Writes 80% of My Code Now. I’m Not Sure How I Feel About It.

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Nicky Christensen

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Apr 4

I Audited 50 Websites. Nearly Half Were Silently Broken.

Their monitoring said everything was fine. Their users knew better.

I Audited 50 Websites. Nearly Half Were Silently Broken.

Nicky Christensen

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Mar 28

Claude Code Has Features Most Developers Don’t Use. Here’s My Full Setup.

CLAUDE.md, skills, subagents, slash commands, and the workflow patterns that turned Claude Code into an actual development team.

Claude Code Has Features Most Developers Don’t Use. Here’s My Full Setup.

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JavaScript in Plain English

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Nicky Christensen

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Mar 27

Nuxt 3 Changed How I Build for the Web.

I’ve been using Nuxt since the 2.x days. Back then it was the default choice for SSR in the Vue world, and by far the most established…

Nuxt 3 Changed How I Build for the Web.

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JavaScript in Plain English

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Nicky Christensen

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Mar 26

I Got Tired of My Sites Breaking Silently, So I Built a Tool to Fix It

My uptime monitor said everything was fine. My users disagreed. So I built something that actually checks whether a site works — not just…

I Got Tired of My Sites Breaking Silently, So I Built a Tool to Fix It

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JavaScript in Plain English

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Nicky Christensen

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Mar 31, 2025

Should React Improve Its Rendering Model?

Recently, I had a LinkedIn post blow up after I questioned the use of CSS modules in React and how I think they slow down productivity…

Should React Improve Its Rendering Model?

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JavaScript in Plain English

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Nicky Christensen

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Dec 19, 2024

Solving CORS and API Issues in Nuxt 3 on Netlify

I recently experienced first hand that deploying a Nuxt 3 application to Netlify with internal API endpoints can be quite challenging…

Solving CORS and API Issues in Nuxt 3 on Netlify

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JavaScript in Plain English

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Nicky Christensen

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Jun 5, 2024

Vue Reactivity Hacks: The Key-Changing Technique You Need to Know!

When working with Vue, you may encounter situations where a component needs to be re-rendered to reflect changes in the underlying data…

Vue Reactivity Hacks: The Key-Changing Technique You Need to Know!

Nicky Christensen

Nicky Christensen

I write about frontend, tech, and leadership — with a focus on product thinking, usability, and building software that actually works. Building getsitewatch.com

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