Liviu – Vue.js, Nuxt.js, Typescript

Developed a dynamic online services marketplace platform to connect local service providers with customers seeking a particular service. The marketplace included features such as service listings, booking systems, customer profiles, reviews, and payments, providing a seamless experience for users to discover, book, and pay for services.

• Designed and implemented the entire front-end architecture using Vue.js, including Vuex for state management and Vue Router for smooth navigation;
• Developed reusable UI components, ensuring the platform was modular, scalable, and easy to maintain;
• Worked closely with UX/UI designers to implement responsive, user-friendly interfaces optimized for both desktop and mobile devices;
• Focused on creating an intuitive, clean, and efficient user experience, ensuring a seamless journey for both service providers and customers from browsing to booking services;
• Created a dynamic listing page for services where customers could filter by categories, pricing, location, and rating;
• Implemented an e-signature feature that allowed service providers and customers to digitally sign contracts and agreements directly within the platform.

Built a highly interactive, user-friendly web application designed to help individuals manage their personal growth and self-improvement goals based on the client's needs. The application allows users to set and track their goals across various levels of the hierarchy, engage with community-driven content, and access tools to improve their well-being.

Successfully built an engaging web application that enabled users to improve their well-being through a structured approach to personal growth.

Responsibilities & achievements:

• architected the entire front-end of the web application using Vue 3, ensuring a clean, scalable, and maintainable codebase;
• developed dynamic, interactive user interfaces for setting and tracking personal goals based on Maslow's principles, such as self-actualization, esteem, and love & belonging;
• integrated goal tracking functionality with real-time updates, allowing users to track progress, set reminders, and mark milestones as they reach them;
• implemented user profiles where individuals could manage their personal goals, view progress, and interact with resources tailored to their self-improvement journey;
• social features that allowed users to engage with a supportive community, share insights, and collaborate on self-improvement initiatives;
• recommendation engine that provided users with personalized content, such as articles, videos, and resources, based on their goal categories and progress;
• increased user retention due to personalized content and progress tracking, leading to more consistent goal-setting and community interaction.

This is the largest and most complex project that's been under the developer's supervision as a technical lead. It started over in 2018 from a 2-man team and expanded to over 50 people and continues to grow. The product has 2 separate SAAS platforms with a different set of features, the PRO version being the more advanced one. They both provide an excellent energy monitoring solution to help businesses cut out energy waste and optimize their energy consumption and operational efficiencies.

• Currently, the Lite version is built on the Next.js / React stack, and the PRO version is on the Nuxt.js / Vue stack.
• Both are connected to a set of APIs built on top of a microservices architecture that is standing mostly on a Node.js stack, some using Express and others using Adonis.js.
• On the dev-ops side, it is using Docker and Kubernetes with CI/CD on Google Cloud. Using Git for version control, Bitbucket and Jira's Scrum board for project management.

There is a variety of features and capabilities:

1. client authentication, authorization and CMS-like features for CRUD operations on database entities
2. fetch, store and analyze big data from IOT devices and 3rd party APIs
3. various algorithms solving an array of requirements, like CO2 emissions, cost, NET Zero efficiency and more
4. dashboard with a set of data tables and charts for data display, both from the past and in real-time
5. gas, electricity, water consumption and monitoring module
6. alerts, scheduled jobs, reports module

• Made sure that the applications scale up nicely with new features and requirements, without cutting performance or creating technical debt;
• Maintained a positive developer experience that brought satisfaction and boosted the productivity of the teams;
• Provided a fitting architecture, the right tools for the job, and automated processes.

Weekly assignments:

• coached and mentored juniors;
• refactored code base;
• reviewed code / created pull requests / merged;
• deployed new features;
• worked on new feature prototypes.

It is a personal website of Liviu. Consist of about, blog, consultancy, mentorship, workshops, and hire me blocks.

• Developed and implemented the full-stack architecture using Nuxt 3 for the front-end and Laravel for the back-end API, ensuring a seamless and efficient development process;
• Integrated Tailwind CSS for streamlined styling and consistent design across the entire website;
• Engaged in continuous learning and exploring new technologies and best practices to improve the website's functionality and user experience over time;
• Web client deployed on Vercel infrastructure.

This is a part-time / hobby project meant to transform his family's hardware store into an online shop and possibly a marketplace. It's helping the business do better by creating a new channel of communication and engagement with customers.

The main features are below:

• headless e-commerce
• shop by categories and advanced filtering
• shopping cart
• booking of services
• blog/news posts
• contact form
• subscribe to a newsletter
• fast checkout with multiple payment options
• Facebook messenger chat widget
• a customer account with access to profile settings, order history, favorite items, etc.

The front end is built using the new React framework - Remix. On the backend, it has a WordPress application, which acts as a headless CMS. WP is built with modern tools from Roots - Bedrock and Sage, those making it a hybrid with Laravel, the best PHP framework. On top of WP, it also has WooCommerce for shopping capabilities and GraphQL. The frontend client communicates with WP via GraphQL queries. Between the front-end client and CMS, he has a caching layer and proxy - the backend of Remix, which is Nodejs.

• Designed a mobile-friendly web client;
• Created front-end and back-end architectures;
• Implemented GraphQL API;
• Used a headless CMS approach;
• Created a blazing-fast online shop.

The product offers a variety of IMEI Check Services providing all the information about your mobile devices, fast and at accessible prices.

• Designed architecture of the whole application;
• Separated some back-end code to micro-services;
• Implemented queue of back-end tasks;
• Added cache layers both on the front-end and back-end;
• Updated and improved some SQL queries;
• Improved data security;
• Refactored and upgraded back-end code base from Laravel version 5 to version 9;
• Rebuilt some of the front-end components to improve performance and SEO;
• Rebuilt application dashboard in Vue.js;
• Created custom Vue.js components from legacy jQuery (eg: data tables);
• Moved source code to a Monorepo on GitHub for version control;
• Set up CI/CD pipelines for staging and production environments;
• Refactored HTML/CSS/JS code;
• Improved performance by up to 200%;
• Reduced computing costs by 50%;
• Improved page loading times by 300%.

This project involved the development of three distinct online magazines, each designed to serve a niche audience with engaging content, seamless navigation, and a high-performance platform. The goal was to create a visually appealing, scalable, and easy-to-manage digital publishing solution that empowered editors and content creators while delivering a smooth experience for readers.

1. A digital food & beverage magazine
2. A lifestyle, fashion & beauty magazine
3. An art & culture publication

Each platform was built on WordPress and heavily customized to enhance content management, performance, ads management, analytics, and monetization. The websites provide dynamic editorial features, integrated e-commerce capabilities, and automated content distribution to social media and email marketing platforms.

Main Features & Functionality:

• fully customized themes & plugins tailored to each magazine’s needs;
• advanced CMS features, including custom post types, categories, and editorial workflow enhancements;
• optimized for speed & scalability with caching, CDN, and hosting;
• integrated structured data & schema markup for improved search visibility;
• advanced Google Analytics & tracking for audience insights;
• SEO-friendly article structure and automated meta-tag generation;
• ad space & sponsorship management for monetization.

• Oversaw the complete WordPress development, improved security, and ensured smooth content management;
• Integrated advanced customizations, API connections, and automation to streamline editorial workflows and enhance reader engagement.