Building Elite Portfolios with Next.js 15

Welcome to my new fully-static local MDX blog!

By keeping my blog inside my codebase rather than relying on a 3rd party CMS, this website is guaranteed to never experience API outages or database connection issues. It compiles to pure HTML at build time, meaning it's incredibly fast.

Why Statically Generated Blogs Rule

1. Zero latency: Since there's no database to query when a user clicks a post, the page loads instantly.
2. Infinite scalability: I could get 10 million visitors tomorrow and my Firebase Hosting CDN wouldn't even sweat.
3. No vendor lock-in: I own the markdown files. I can take them to any other framework tomorrow.

// This is how easy it is to fetch these posts in Next.js 15!
import { getBlogPosts } from "@/lib/blog";

export default async function Blog() {
  const posts = getBlogPosts();
  return <pre>{JSON.stringify(posts, null, 2)}</pre>;
}

Stay tuned for more posts about Software Engineering and UI/UX Design!