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SEO-First Next.js: The Complete Checklist for 2026

A practical checklist covering Next.js Metadata API, Core Web Vitals, JSON-LD structured data, sitemaps, and i18n SEO in one place.

A side-by-side comparison of TanStack Query and SWR for data fetching in Next.js — with real code examples for mutations, caching, and SSR.

How to use Cerbos's open-source policy engine to control which tools your MCP server exposes per user role — without hard-coding ACLs.

How RUM gives you the actual performance numbers your users experience — and why Lighthouse scores alone are misleading.

A practical guide to Next.js image optimization — the formats, the config, and the real-world results from optimizing matthewswong.com.

A decision framework for choosing between ISR, SSR, and SSG in Next.js App Router — with real performance numbers and the configs I ship.

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