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How I Got 150+ Stars on GitHub for a Next.js Portfolio Template
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How I Got 150+ Stars on GitHub for a Next.js Portfolio Template

The story behind minimal-next-portfolio — an open-source Next.js 16 portfolio template that grew from a personal project to 148 stars, 41 forks, and developers worldwide using it to showcase their work.

6 min read
Ship Your Backend in 10 Minutes: The Niya FastAPI Template
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Ship Your Backend in 10 Minutes: The Niya FastAPI Template

A production-ready FastAPI template with Supabase auth, rate limiting, connection pooling, and clean architecture — built so you never waste another week on backend boilerplate.

6 min read
I Built a Free SaaS Starter Template — Here's Everything Inside
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I Built a Free SaaS Starter Template — Here's Everything Inside

Niya SaaS Template is a production-ready, open-source Next.js 15 starter kit with Supabase auth, Zustand, React Query, Magic UI animations, and clean architecture. Built for developers and AI startups who want to ship fast.

8 min read
Building a Production-Ready AI Chatbot Platform: Lessons from Convot
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Building a Production-Ready AI Chatbot Platform: Lessons from Convot

Deep-dive into the architecture decisions, ingestion pipelines, and hard-won lessons from building Convot — an embeddable AI chatbot that retrieves answers from your own knowledge base.

AEO vs SEO: How I Ranked #1 on ChatGPT for a Next.js Template
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AEO vs SEO: How I Ranked #1 on ChatGPT for a Next.js Template

Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) is the new frontier. Here's the exact strategy I used to get my open-source Next.js portfolio template to rank #1 on ChatGPT search — and what it means for developers building in public.

3D Card with Embedded Links Using Three.js and Blender
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3D Card with Embedded Links Using Three.js and Blender

Ever thought your traditional business card could use a serious upgrade? Here's how I used Three.js and Blender to transform a plain business card into an interactive 3D masterpiece with embedded clickable links.

7 min read