Building InfoEmu.com

Welcome to the InfoEmu blog! As is customary with first posts, we want to share how we built this website and the technology stack behind it.

The Tech Stack

Our website is built with a modern tech stack designed for performance, developer experience, and scalability:

Next.js 14: We chose Next.js for its powerful App Router, server components, and excellent static site generation capabilities.
TypeScript: All code is written in TypeScript for type safety and developer productivity.
Tailwind CSS v4: We're using the latest version of Tailwind CSS for rapid, utility-first styling.
MDX: For our blog and documentation, allowing us to use React components within Markdown.
Docker: Containerized development and production environments for consistency.

Of course, it is hosted using InfoEmu docker image deployment and consumes data from InfoEmu.com API.

Architecture Highlights

App Router and Server Components

We've fully embraced Next.js App Router architecture, which allows us to:

Create nested layouts that share UI elements across pages
Load different parts of a page in parallel
Keep sensitive data and logic on the server
Generate static pages at build time for optimal performance

MDX Content Management

Our blog posts and documentation are written in MDX, which provides several benefits:

Combine Markdown simplicity with React components
Create interactive content with embedded components
Streamline content creation workflows
Use a consistent design system across all content

Here's how we process our MDX content:

// We use next-mdx-remote to render MDX content with frontmatter
const mdxSource = await serialize(content, {
  parseFrontmatter: true,
})

Monitoring and Analytics

We've integrated industry-standard tools for monitoring and analytics:

Sentry: For error tracking and performance monitoring
PostHog: For privacy-friendly analytics and user insights

These integrations help us understand how our site is performing and how users are interacting with it.

Deployment and Infrastructure

We've have automatic deployment pipeline provided by InfoEmu platform itself.

We use Multi-stage builds for lean production images (~110MB)
Next.js Output Standalone outputs only the necessary node_modules files
Environment variable for configuration

Performance Optimizations

Performance was a key focus during development:

Static Site Generation: Core pages are generated at build time
Image Optimization: Using Next.js Image component for responsive, optimized images
Code Splitting: Automatic code splitting for smaller bundle sizes
Incremental Static Regeneration: For content that needs periodic updates

What's Next?

We're continuously improving the InfoEmu website with new features and optimizations. Stay tuned for more updates, tutorials, and insights into our development process!

If you're interested in the technologies we've used, check out the official documentation: