Journey to Real Freedom 🌍
Ex-Designer > Ex-Product Manager > Nomad Indie Builder. Documenting my journeys and sharing helpful info.
1 Month in Essaouira (Morocco) as a Digital Nomad
Brief intro to Essaouira Essaouira is a coastal city in Morocco. It is known for its laid-back vibe & beautiful beaches. It is a 3 hours drive (or bus ride) from Marrakech or 4.5 hours from Casablanca. Why did we choose Essaouira? We chose Morocco because we needed to stay at a non-Schengen country as a “Schengen shelter” before we head back to Italy for a hiking trip with our friends....
Super simple guide to building your first SSR website with Nuxt 3 and Cloudflare
This guide is for programming newbies who want to create a simple SSR (Server Side Rendering) website (e.g. https://redditrecs.com ) with Nuxt 3 & CloudFlare. I wrote this because I was once that programming newbie, and I was tearing my hair out because: Existing tutorials and documentations were overly complicated (for what I wanted to build) AI coding assistants suck at Nuxt 3 Hope this helps save someone’s hair! Why do you need SSR?...
Making sure Google can read my site’s content for SEO with Server Side Rendering (SSR)
UPDATE: I posted this on Reddit and u/teraflop kindly pointed out that Google CAN crawl javascript content on the client side. See this comment thread . I was dumb and had robots.txt block one of the json files that my javascript was using, that’s why Google couldn’t see my content. True rookie mistake. SSR is supposed to improve performance and SEO though, but now in hindsight it’s less valuable than I thought....
Productivity Tips for Digital Nomads
We change cities / countries every 1-3 months. While constantly changing locations is fun, it also means we don’t have a constant, stable workspace and routine. If we’re not careful, sometimes it affects our productivity at work. So far, these are the tips we’ve developed over the past 2 years as digital nomads to stay productive: Workspace Ensure there is a large enough table. An uncomfortably small workspace is distracting. Before booking an apartment, we always inspect the photos to make sure there is a big enough table....
Renting a Campervan in UK with Goboony - Review
For our 14 day Scotland campervan trip in April 2024, we rented a campervan with Goboony (Airbnb for campervans and motorhome). Here’s a review of our experience with Goboony. Why we think a Scotland campervan experience is priceless As digital nomads since 2021, we’ve been travelling a lot and done our fair share of epic road trips in Greece, Japan, Taiwan etc. Yet I got to say that our Scotland campervan experience was our most epic yet....
Bla Bheinn - Underrated Hike in Isle of Skye?
The main hikes that people know about in Isle of Skye are: Old Man of Storr Quiraing Fairy Pools Neist Point Bla Bheinn wasn’t on our radar at all. We did not plan to do it as part of our 14-day Scotland campervan trip until we heard rave reviews from our campsite neighbor. We’re glad we ended up doing it because it was such an epic hike! Hike Overview Key Info AllTrails Link Parking Gmaps Link I highly recommend downloading the trail on AllTrails and reading the reviews to get an even more comprehensive sense of the hike....
2 Weeks in Scotland in a Rental Campervan (April 2024) - Highlights & Protips
Most people’s idea of a honeymoon is relaxing in the Maldives. We decided to squeeze into a campervan without toilet for 2 weeks instead. Neither of us have tried anything like this before. Thankfully, our marriage survived the honeymoon. It certainly wasn’t the most relaxing holiday ever. But it truly was the most epic trip I think I would ever have for a while. This is how it went. Our Itinerary Highlights We flew in to Glasgow....