Ludvig Brevén

Technologies

Here are some of the technologies I have experience with. Ask me about them!

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  Javascript

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  I'm the most comfortable with the javascript syntax. I obviously use javascript all the time as a web developer.
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  Typescript

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  I'm progressively adapting typescript. The pain of not using it becomes more obvious as any javascript project grows in size.
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  React

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  I chose to learn React as it seemed to be very popular. I quickly realized I needed some capabilities like a Static Site Generator when building websites. I tried Gatsby, but switched to Next.js.
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  Next.js

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  Next.js is my go-to framework for web development. It's really good. This site is built with it.
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  CSS/SCSS

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  SCSS just gives me that extra functionality I might occasionally need, so I just default to it. I have also used and extended Bootstrap which is written in SCSS, but I might prefer just writing my own stylesheets like I've done on this website.
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  Figma

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  I wanted a way to quickly sketch out designs before coding them, so I chose Figma. I do not use it as much as I would like because of lack of features. Sometimes it's better to just code things out as you would without Figma.
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  Contentful

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  Contentful is the first Content Management System I started to really use. I would use it primarily to fetch content for SSG. It's good for getting something up and running fast. However, I wanted something open-source, and I didn't really like Contentful's "app framework" for advanced functionality, so I took a good look at Strapi.
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  Strapi

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  Strapi is an open-source headless CMS that can do some heavy lifting. You will have a lot of control building out a broad range of custom functionality. I'm looking forward to it maturing even more, but I already really like it.
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  Postgres

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  Postgres is my go-to database. I mainly use it to pair Strapi with. I have also experimented with Supabase which is Postgres with added functionality, quite similar to Firebase. This have taught me some SQL fundamentals!
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  Linux/Ubuntu

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  I have set up an Ubuntu VPS to self-host Strapi with Postgres and Next.js using basic CI/CD with git, webhooks and bash scripts. On my PC I dual boot Windows with Linux Mint just to learn Linux even more. I'm finally quite comfortable using the terminal and CLI's.
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  Postman

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  I use Postman whenever I need to call any REST API during development. It's a useful tool!
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  Github

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  All my repositories are for now private so it's somewhat pointless for you to visit my page, but click the github icon and you'll be sent to my profile. I push my code to Github mostly to back it up and to have a place to pull the code from. I'm probably able to adjust to a standardized collaborative workflow quite quickly.
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  Docker

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  I have recently started playing around with Docker. I'm not writing entire docker/compose files from scratch yet, but I see myself learning more over time.
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  C#

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  I used C# and Visual Basic for my diploma project at school which makes C# the second language I ever used (after Java). I'd be down to start using it again and learn more as it remains very popular.
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  Python

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  I have used python primarily to practice competitive programming at codeforces.com. Can't say I'm comfortable with it, but I'm keen on learning more.