My Next.js App Setup Checklist (2025 Edition)
11 min readMy personal checklist that gets me from create-next-app to a fully configured development environment.
nextjsemotion
frontend
Migrating from SSR to ISG: A Production Performance Story
9 min readReducing p99 latency and infrastructure costs by migrating a recipe application from SSR to ISG with on-demand revalidation
nextjssupabase
Fixing Cookie Loss When Proxying from Fastify → Next.js
4 min readA workaround for preserving cookies when using Fastify as a custom server for Next.js, ensuring cookies are not lost during SSR.
nextjsfastify
Generating TypeScript Types from JSON Data - A Custom Solution
3 min readAutomate TypeScript type generation from JSON data fetched from a CMS with a custom solution when existing libraries don’t work.
typescript
Setting Up Dark Theme with Emotion & Next.js
4 min readSet up a dark/light theme toggle in a NextJS app with Emotion that respects user preferences
css in js
Configuring Emotion for SSR in Next.js
2 min readConfiguring Emotion with Next.js for SSR, ensuring global CSS like background or font colors render server-side to avoid unstyled pages.
css in js
Adding Syntax Highlighting to MDX with Prism and Next.js
2 min readAdding syntax highlighting to an MDX blog using Prism, Next.js, and TypeScript — fast, minimal, and clean.
prismmdx