devth.com

Requirements

• Write posts in markdown. Solved via MDX.
• Ability to render React components in posts. Solved via MDX.
• Respect system dark / light mode. Solved via MUI.
• Server side rendering (or static export). Solved via Next.js.
• Super fast. Solved via Next.js client side routing and Vercel hosting.
• Default branch deploys to production automatically. Solved via Vercel. We also get preview deploys for PRs!
• Shift-K to nav to any page
• Automatic ToC generation
• Headers create hash links to auto link within posts
• Animated page transitions
• Preserve the old blog routes which included year in the URL, e.g. https://devth.com/2015/thrush-cond-is-not-a-monad. Solved via Next.js URL redirects.
• Automatic deploys (via Vercel and GitHub Actions)
• Automatic dependency upgrades (via dependabot)