nickmblain.github.io

Personal portfolio and resume site for Nick Blain — a frontend developer with 12+ years of experience. Built as a Vue 3 SPA and deployed via GitHub Pages.

About the Project

This site serves as a living resume: work history, projects, and recommendations all in one place. It's intentionally simple — no backend, no SSR, just a client-side Vue app.

A note on Tailwind CSS: Tailwind was used here purely out of curiosity to see how it felt in a real project. The verdict: it's not something I'd recommend or reach for again. The utility-class approach trades readability and maintainability for speed of prototyping in a way that doesn't hold up well at scale or in team environments.

Stack

• Vue 3 — Composition API, <script setup>
• Vue Router — client-side routing
• Tailwind CSS — used as an experiment (see note above)
• SCSS — for anything Tailwind made awkward
• Vite — build tooling
• GitHub Actions — CI/CD to GitHub Pages

Getting Started

git clone https://github.com/nickmblain/nickmblain.github.io.git
cd nickmblain.github.io
npm install

Development

npm run dev

Production build

npm run build

Lint

npm run lint

Directory Structure

src/
  assets/         Static assets (images, fonts, icons)
  components/     Feature components (navbar, experience, projects, etc.)
  pages/          Top-level page views
  App.vue         Root component
public/           Public static files

License

MIT