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Engineering blog.
Deep dives into Next.js, Payload CMS, and building high-performance digital products. Written by developers, for developers.
Engineering
Code-First and Visual: How the Dual Approach Works
How a TypeScript collection and one built in the Schema Builder become the same thing, and how to decide which path a piece of content should take.
Tutorials
Build a Blog with Nextly in 10 Minutes
A working blog in Nextly: two collections, an admin to edit them, and two pages that render them. Every snippet is compiled against the release it names.
Announcements
Nextly Alpha: What's Ready and What's Next
What the Nextly alpha ships, what it does not, and how much the APIs are likely to move. Specifics rather than a stability badge.
Engineering
Why We Built Nextly
Code-first tools give developers control and everyone else a ticket queue. Visual tools invert it. We wanted one schema both could edit, so we built one.
Announcements
What is Nextly?
Nextly is an open-source CMS and visual page builder that runs inside your Next.js app. Model content in TypeScript or visually, and read it without a network hop.
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