Building My Blog with Nuxt

Why I Started

I've always wanted to have my own place on the internet.

Not just another profile or social media account, but somewhere I could write about things I'm working on, things I've learned, and the random problems I run into while building software.

So I decided to build my own blog.

Of course, instead of just writing, I ended up turning the blog itself into a project.

Choosing Nuxt

I decided to use Nuxt because it already fits naturally into the way I build things.

I'm comfortable with Vue, and Nuxt gives me a solid foundation for building a content-focused website without having to worry about setting up everything from scratch.

It also gave me a good opportunity to explore some of the newer parts of the Nuxt ecosystem.

Starting With the Basics

I started with the simplest version possible.

A few pages, a blog listing, and individual post pages.

At first, I didn't care much about having every feature figured out. I just wanted to get something working and have a foundation that I could build on.

Once the basic structure was there, I could start thinking about how I actually wanted the blog to feel.

Finding My Direction

One thing I realized pretty quickly was that building a personal blog is different from building an ordinary application.

There isn't necessarily a long list of requirements.

A lot of the decisions are subjective.

How much information should appear on the homepage?

How should a post look?

How much animation is too much?

What should the navigation feel like?

I ended up experimenting with a lot of these things as I went.

The Fun Part

Eventually, the project became less about simply making a blog and more about creating something that felt like mine.

I started paying attention to all the little details.

The typography.

The spacing.

The transitions.

The way images are displayed.

The way a post moves from the list into the actual article.

None of these things are particularly complicated on their own, but together they make a big difference.

What I Learned

The biggest thing I learned is that even a simple project can turn into a surprisingly deep one.

Building the blog forced me to think about things I normally wouldn't have to think about when working on a typical application.

Content structure, dates, images, responsive layouts, SEO, performance, and deployment all became part of the process.

And honestly, that's what made the project interesting.

Still Building

The blog is still a work in progress.

I don't really expect it to ever be completely finished.

I'll probably keep changing things as I use it, discover new ideas, and learn more about Nuxt.

For now, I'm just enjoying the process of building something that I can call my own.