Christopher Nathaniel
I’m a developer and designer based in Suffolk, UK. I build websites and applications, working across ecommerce, WordPress, Laravel and React.
I write about projects I’m working on, things I’m learning and life outside work. You’ll also find notes on books and running.
You can see my work, read a little about me, or get in touch.
Writing
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How AI is changing my work as a developer
What using AI for Laravel projects and rebuilding my website has taught me about judgement, learning, design and the skills I want to develop next.
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Adding reCAPTCHA v3 to Laravel, React and Inertia forms
A practical reCAPTCHA v3 tutorial based on my EDR forms work: fresh tokens in React, server verification in Laravel, and coverage for login, registration and password resets.
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A morning spent fixing my NGINX cache
A stale page, a cold coffee and the difference between getting a cache working and knowing how to live with it.
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How I use Laravel, React and Herd
Notes from building a Pokémon app and task managers: forms, migrations, Inertia and keeping the data moving clearly.
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Reopening the projects I built fifteen years ago
Old backups, sprawling stylesheets and unfinished ideas: a useful reminder of how learning to build websites actually looked.