--- title: Dubem Work | Dubem Design description: Design engineer shipping fast, useful products. Articles on frontend engineering, Nuxt/Vue, and design. source: https://dubem.work/ --- ![Dubem Izuorah](https://dubem.work/img/dubem-design.webp) Hey, I’m Dubem # I design and engineer fast, useful products. I’m a design engineer who lives between the canvas and the codebase — shaping clear stories, then shipping them. I build small tools and products for creators, marketers, and dev teams, and write about frontend, Nuxt/Vue, and design systems. [Read articles→](https://dubem.work/articles) career.yml 11role: 2- Frontend Developer 2+ AI Design Engineer 33focus: 44 - design + engineering 55 - shipping with AI Writing [All articles→](https://dubem.work/articles) ## Latest Articles [Tips for Building Better Applications with Coding AgentsA running list of practices that made coding agents genuinely more reliable for me, shifting the workflow from generate-and-hope to ship-and-verify. Covers proving the work, isolating sessions, wiring in production signals, and automating setup.![claude-code](https://dubem.work/icons/claude-code.svg)AIClaude Code8 Wed Jul 2026](https://dubem.work/articles/tips-for-building-better-applications-with-coding-agents)[How to Use AI to Help Local Businesses Around YouYou don't need to be a developer to make AI useful for the small businesses, friends, and family near you. Nine practical ways to help them get more customers and sell more, plus the one thing to warn them about.AIBusiness7 Tue Jul 2026](https://dubem.work/articles/how-to-use-ai-to-help-local-businesses-around-you)[How Claude Consumes Context: A Simple Mental ModelWhy Claude Code follows some instructions and shrugs at others comes down to where they live and when they load. A mental model for CLAUDE.md priority and the order of influence in the context window.![claude-code](https://dubem.work/icons/claude-code.svg)AIClaude Code7 Tue Jul 2026](https://dubem.work/articles/how-claude-consumes-context-a-simple-mental-model)[How to Get Into Tech in 2026: A Simple, Honest GuideAI changed the game, but the path in is still open. A practical guide to choosing a field, building two kinds of CV, and using a 2-skill framework to get hired and paid.Career11 Thu Jun 2026](https://dubem.work/articles/how-to-get-into-tech-in-2026)[How to Reduce CSS Size in a Project (Without Breaking UI)Practical ways to shrink CSS bundles: Tailwind discipline, choosing tree-shakeable UI libs, safe purging, avoiding accidental global CSS, and setting team/AI conventions.![tailwind](https://dubem.work/icons/tailwind.svg)![nuxtjs](https://dubem.work/icons/nuxtjs.svg)FrontendPerformance28 Tue Apr 2026](https://dubem.work/articles/how-to-reduce-css-size-in-a-project)[Why I Created Memr: A Scripture Memorization App for the Tab-Hoarding DeveloperI built Memr to solve a personal problem—remembering scripture. Here's why it lives in my Chrome tabs, my inbox, and soon my pocket.![firebase](https://dubem.work/icons/firebase.svg)Side Projects16 Mon Feb 2026](https://dubem.work/articles/why-i-created-memr)[10 Core Environment Variables for Simple SaaS Apps (Minimal Setup Guide)The essential env vars for shipping SaaS on a budget—auth, database, storage, payments, AI, and mail. Plus how to keep setup cheap and secure.BackendSaaS2 Mon Feb 2026](https://dubem.work/articles/10-core-env-vars-simple-saas-apps)[7 Learning Patterns for Designers and DevelopersThere is no one way to learn, but knowing a couple will give you a boost.LearningCareer3 Wed Apr 2019](https://dubem.work/articles/7-learning-patterns-for-designers-and-developers) Published elsewhere - [![Vue Mastery logo](https://dubem.work/icons/vue-mastery.svg)Build a Greeting Card Maker w/ Vue 3 + SatoriVue Mastery · Dec 2024↗](https://www.vuemastery.com/blog/build-a-greeting-card-maker-w-vue-3-satori/) - [![Vue Mastery logo](https://dubem.work/icons/vue-mastery.svg)Dynamic Layouts with Vue jsx: A Guide to Flexible and Maintainable UIsVue Mastery · Sep 2024↗](https://www.vuemastery.com/blog/dynamic-layouts-with-vue-jsx) Testimonials [View on LinkedIn↗](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dubem-design/details/recommendations/?detailScreenTabIndex=0) > “Dubem has been exceptional at managing the tech side of work. He is so warm and humble about solving doubts and making complicated things look easy. The amount of talent Dubem possesses is incredible — his expertise on any tech stack makes you wonder how it's possible to tackle problems with code. I was honoured to be mentored by him during my time at Atlan.” *SH Sanchit Hajela SWE-II @ G-P · Full Stack* > “In my time working with Dubem, he showed his adaptability and flexibility across roles related to Frontend. Dubem was very instrumental to the growth of Jetseed (ex PettySave) using his vast knowledge in general design which translated to his expertise in Frontend. I highly recommend Dubem for any new project you might be thinking about.” *AA Abel Adejoh Strategy & Innovation* > “Dubem is very hard-working and knowledgeable. We worked together on a number of projects, and I found him to be a highly skilled and dedicated professional. His dynamic expertise in front-end development, design, and product management helped our company immensely. He's such an inspiration, and I feel proud to have worked with him — he'd be an asset to any company looking for a manager to scale.” *TT Taiwo Tolulope Oyewumi Product Designer & Strategist* > “I'm glad to have met Dubem and for the opportunities to collaborate with him several times. Dubem is a great visionary team leader, a motivator and a hardworking guy — one of the great creative designers and developers I've met so far, and he helps other designers grow. His deliveries are always top-notch!” *AO Ayomide Oluyemi Motion & Visual Designer* > “Dubem is a great team member and product manager. He is great at owning the product development and delivery process from start to finish. Any team he works on is lucky to have him!” *OE Oyinkansola Edem Content Marketer & Writer* > “Dubem is an excellent full-stack developer, designer and artist. I have learnt so much from working closely with him, and I genuinely believe anyone will be extremely fortunate to have him on their team.” *IO Isaac Olufemi Business Development, Fintech*