AI Engineering
Free llms.txt Generator: What llms.txt Is and How to Create One
A free llms.txt generator that builds a spec-style llms.txt and llms-full.txt from your sitemap, plus what llms.txt is, the format, SEO impact and Next.js setup.
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Blog
Essays and notes from Waseem Anjum on shipping full stack products, performance, and SEO with React, Next.js, and Node.js.
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AI Engineering
Forgekit: An Open-Source Next.js AI Starter Kit with RAG and pgvector
Forgekit is a free, MIT-licensed Next.js AI starter kit: streaming chat, five model providers including local Ollama, RAG on pgvector, Better Auth, MCP and a 284 MB Docker image.
Next.js & React
Free OG Image Generator: Open Graph Image Sizes and Dynamic OG Images in Next.js
A free OG image generator for 1200x630 PNGs, plus Open Graph image sizes for every platform, dynamic OG images in Next.js with next/og, meta tags and debugging.
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AGENTS.md vs CLAUDE.md vs Cursor Rules: A Next.js Guide with a Free Rules Pack
AGENTS.md vs CLAUDE.md vs Cursor rules vs Copilot instructions: what each file does, which agent reads it, real Next.js rule examples, and a free open-source rules pack.
DevOps & Self-Hosting
Production Next.js Dockerfile: Multi-Stage, Standalone and Non-Root
A complete production Next.js Dockerfile for Next.js 16 and Node 24: multi-stage build, output: 'standalone', non-root user, sharp, env vars and health checks, with measured image sizes.
AI Engineering
How to Build an MCP Server in Next.js: Streamable HTTP, Auth and Tools
A step-by-step guide to build an MCP server in Next.js with the official v2 TypeScript SDK: an App Router route handler, Streamable HTTP, bearer-token auth, Origin checks and Zod-validated tools.
Next.js & React
Next.js SEO for AI Search: How to Get Cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Overviews
A practical Next.js SEO guide for the AI search era: Metadata API, sitemap.ts, robots.ts for AI crawlers, JSON-LD, llms.txt and a content structure that ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews can cite.
DevOps & Self-Hosting
Coolify vs Vercel for Next.js: Cost, Features and Trade-offs
Coolify vs Vercel for Next.js, compared on real pricing, Next.js feature support, previews, databases, long-running work and lock-in, plus a safe migration checklist.
DevOps & Self-Hosting
How to Self-Host Next.js with Coolify: Complete Production Guide
A step-by-step guide to self-host Next.js with Coolify on your own VPS: install Coolify, choose Nixpacks or a standalone Dockerfile, wire up PostgreSQL and env vars, and harden it for production.