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Migrating to Next.js.

Switching tech stack again. Moving from Eleventy to Next.

History

So it comes to the time to switch tech stack for my website. My site has a long history of changing technology stack. There have been a few migrations in the past. Starting out with static HTML, and then the first shift over to WordPress. This was followed by the move to a custom-built PHP backend (this was what made me decide I was definitely a Front-end Developer). I eventually discarded this and moved to a more standard system with Jekyll, and then to Hugo, and finally to Eleventy. This time we're moving to Next.js.

Why?

React is the most common JavaScript library in all of the Job Boards and listings that I have seen. Next.js is the current popular framework of React, so it makes sense.