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Posts tagged meta are self-referential in nature, such as articles where I talk about the blog/site itself.

A parody, that features a main character, with a bun for a head and a blindfold featuring MDX across it. A blue box with TS on it, a black box with some rain drops, and a green moose appear to be background characters. A character with a W for a head, representing a standard CMS, is eating popcorn in the corner.

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How I Built a CMS, Using TypeScript, Bun, Drizzle, & MDX (complete version)

Then swapped it out for something better, contentlayer2

This wasn't the post I planned to write. Initially, I thought this post was going to be dedicated exclusively to my bespoke content management system. Where, I thought I’d wax poetic for a while about how sometimes the best solutions, are tailor made. However, I’ve since come back to my senses to realize that the best solution is the one with the smallest number of compromises, hand crafted be damned... READ_MORE =>

Backend,

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Technical Summary|

#Drizzle ORM

Abstract art of a conical gradient. Next.js represented by darker colors on the left, Ion/SST represented by lighter colors on the right.

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Thoughts on Rebuilding my Website, Next.js 14.2+, & SST [UPDATED]

Bonus thoughts on React Three Fiber, & Zustand too

This article was a long time coming, it's also quite long. In some respects, this might feel like an article created from a few separate articles I stitched together, and perhaps it is. However, I felt it was important to talk about the primary technologies I used in developing/deploying this site, because they're all pretty tightly integrated... READ_MORE =>

Full Stack,

Meta|

#Next.js,

#SST

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Welcome to Yet Another Dev Blog

There's many like it, but this one is mine

Hello internet, my name is Lani, and welcome to the official launch of laniakita.com 🎉, my over-engineered (oops 🤗) website and blog. This is where I’ll be showcasing some of my work, as well as my thoughts on developing sites/apps for the modern web (& more, probably)... READ_MORE =>

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