Portfolio and Blog of Eric Nation, Software Developer

Web Development - UI Engineer - Javascript - React - NextJS - SEO - Sanity CMS

About Me

Software Developer 👨‍💻 World Nomad 🌎 Motorcycle Rider 🏍️ Skateboarder 🛹 Surfer 🏄‍♂️

Hello, my name is Eric Nation, and I’m a Software Developer originally based out of Phoenix, Arizona. I have 10 years of professional web development experience specializing in UI architecture and Javascript technologies.

I have in depth experience with Angular, React, Wordpress, and building component libraries. I also have experience and am well versed in full-stack Javascript technologies such as Nodejs, Express, and GraphQL.

Other than building software, I enjoy skateboarding, fitness, surfing, riding motorcycles, traveling, being in nature, music, investing, and a bunch of other awesome stuff! I am passionate about remote work culture and lifestyle design. I've been living and working abroad for 5+ years now. 🌎

Countries traveled

Services

What I do

Full Stack Javascript Development

HTML5, CSS/Sass, Styled Components, Javascript, Angular, React, Redux/NgRx, Node, Express, Responsive Design, Optimization, Accessibility, Webpack

UI/UX Development

UI Design, Flow and Navigation Charts, Wireframes, Prototyping, Content Structure, Information Architecture, Mockups, Reusable Components

Headless CMS/JamStack

Development, Headless CMS, Netlify, JamStack, React, Sanity CMS, Wordpress Migration, Vercel, NextJS

Skills

HTML, CSS - 95%

Javascript - 90%

Angular - 90%

React - 90%

NextJS - 90%

Sanity CMS - 80%

Firebase - 70%

Node, Express - 80%

MongoDB - 70%

Express - 80%

Tools

Sanity.io
Wordpress
Web Storm / VS Code
Lodash / Underscore
Git / Github
Travis
Jira / Bitbucket
Trello
npm
Chrome Dev Tools
Figma
Webpack
Adobe Creative Suite
Bootstrap
Foundation
Material Design
BrowserStack
Google Analytics
Azure

Blog

Some stories about web dev, travels, and other random things I feel like writing about.

4 Steps for Improving Your Gatsby Website’s Performance for Core Web Vitals

By implementing the 4 steps discussed in this article you can dramatically improve a website's Lighthouse scores and improve your SEO results.

Staying Sane with Sanity CMS, Gatsby, and GraphQL

Staying sane during quarantine by rebuilding my personal site with Sanity CMS and Gatsby. Read more about this tech stack and how I rebuilt this site.

Contact

For any business inquires or interest in collaboration please shoot me a message. 😃

Send me a message

Location

Home base is Phoenix, Arizona 🌵USA

However, I'm usually living abroad nomading around some of my favorite countries which include Costa Rica, Mexico, Portugal, Netherlands, and Spain.

Current Location: Portugal

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