Luke Nelson
Frontend Developer at Self-employed
Blackpool, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolLuke Nelson is a frontend developer with 11 years of hands-on experience blending web engineering and creative media production, currently building user-facing products at Acquire Digital while freelancing for charities, startups and larger organisations. He pairs strong front-end craftsmanship—contributing to the Nuxt.js framework with bug fixes, composable improvements and docs—with a background in video production, live-event tech and emerging media like VR/AR and drones. Comfortable taking projects from design and prototype to deployment, he has led web innovation teams in both university and commercial settings. Known for pragmatic problem-solving, he also advises on network installs, security and SEO, bringing a rare combination of UX-focused engineering and production-stage operational know-how.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
St. Aidans CofE Technology CollegeBSc Media Production & Technology, First Class with Honours, BSc Media Production & Technology, First Class with Honours at University of Central LancashireCreative Media Production, D*D, Creative Media Production, D*D at The Blackpool Sixth Form College
English
Stackoverflow
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15answers
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Github Skills (21)
application-framework10
javascript10
app-framework10
typescript10
nuxt10
vue10
typescript-types10
web-framework10
typescripts10
react-ssr9
nodejs9
front-end-development8
full-stack8
html6
eclipse6
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
nuxt/nuxt
Feb 2023 - Mar 2025
The Intuitive Vue Framework.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:13 reviews, 11 PRs, 65 comments in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Luke primarily contributed to the Nuxt.js framework, fixing bugs and implementing new features. Their work included improvements to the `useFetch` composable, incorporating custom timeout functionalities. They also added a warning mechanism for incorrect layout usage and implemented documentation improvements. Furthermore, the user refactored the eslint configurations and added `@since` annotations to exported composables and functions.
ssgnuxtintuitiveproduction-gradevue
acquiredigital/wayfinder-web-map-types
Jun 2024 - Apr 2025
Type definitions for the Web Map API
Contributions:4 releases, 2 reviews, 1 PR in 9 months
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