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8 articles about Next.js, written for builders shipping web and mobile products.
Figma's Config India launches put code layers into open beta and introduced Specs, a Markdown home for context your coding agent can read. Here's what solo builders should try before code layer editing stops being free on November 4, 2026, plus a practical spec-to-agent workflow.
What US/UK founders actually get hiring a Next.js full stack developer in Pakistan in 2026: App Router/RSC ownership, vertical-slice shipping, stacks, timezone overlap, and when one FS hire beats split FE/BE.
Shopify acquired Tailwind Labs on September 9, 2026. Tailwind CSS stays MIT-licensed and team-maintained; new Tailwind Plus / ui.sh signups are closed. For indie Next.js + Tailwind shipping, the framework you depend on is fine — the paid UI-kit funnel is not. Lock versions, own your design tokens, and treat Plus alternatives as first-class.
Agents can draft React and CSS all day. Here is what I still refuse to outsource on real Next.js apps — and what I happily hand to them — after Nolan Lawson’s asteroid essay hit HN again.
Instant Navigations don't help if the browser still downloads the wrong JavaScript. Here's what a Turbopack chunk actually is, the official nextjs.org numbers, the 16.3 knobs, and the order I'd roll this onto my Sanity + App Router portfolio.
A few months ago I shipped a two-day feature in three hours. Here's exactly how I work AI-first — the real workflow, the tools I actually use, and where it all breaks down.
I ran Lighthouse on my own portfolio and got a brutal 85 on Accessibility and no SEO infrastructure at all — no robots.txt, no sitemap, no structured data. Here is exactly how I fixed it, what each change does, and why it matters.
I added a CMS-powered blog to my portfolio using Next.js 16, Sanity, and the App Router. The setup looked simple. The deployment had other ideas. Here's what actually happened.