nexxel.dev

Stack

• Bootstrapping: create-t3-app
• Framework: Next.js
• Server: tRPC
• Database: CockroachDB
• ORM: Prisma
• Styling: Tailwind CSS
• Authentication: NextAuth.js
• Content: Contentlayer
• Deployment: Vercel

Overview

• content/* - MDX files for the content of my blog.
• prisma/* - My Prisma schema, which uses a CockroachDB database.
• public/* - Static assets including fonts and images.
• src/components/blog/* - React components being used for the blog.
• src/components/* - React components being used for the other stuff.
• src/pages/* - All the static pages of the website.
• src/server/* - The backend, which is a tRPC server.
• src/styles/* - Global CSS files. Most of the styles are inline styles with Tailwind CSS though.
• src/utils/* - Utility functions.

Running Locally

This application requires Node.js to run.

git clone https://github.com/nexxeln/nexxel.dev.git
cd nexxel.dev
npm i -g pnpm
pnpm i
pnpm dev

Create a .env file similar to .env.example.

Cloning / Forking

This application is licensed under the Apache-2.0 license. If you're copying this website just let me know.

Credits

• Sid for helping with setting up the blog and listening to my CSS troubles.
• Mateusz Aliyev for giving very valuable feedback.
• Theo Browne for gifting the nice nxl.sh domain.
• Lee Robinson for inspiration and the README.
• Harsh Singh for helping with some of the MDX components.