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Nayan Kyada

Sr. Frontend Developer with 5+ years of experience. Specializing in fast, SEO-friendly web apps using Next.js, React, TypeScript, and Sanity CMS. Passionate about clean UI/UX and headless tech.

Location India Joined Joined on  Email address kayadanayan@gmail.com Personal website https://www.nayankyada.com github website

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Senior Frontend Developer

Why I Use Next.js + Sanity for Content Sites
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Why I Use Next.js + Sanity for Content Sites

#nextjs #sanity #seo
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Signs your WordPress site needs a headless CMS rebuild
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Signs your WordPress site needs a headless CMS rebuild

#headlesscms #wordpress #sanitycms #nextjs
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Sanity CMS vs Contentful for Next.js projects: an honest comparison
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Sanity CMS vs Contentful for Next.js projects: an honest comparison

#sanitycms #contentful #nextjs #groq
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Sanity vs Strapi vs Payload CMS: an honest comparison for 2026
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Sanity vs Strapi vs Payload CMS: an honest comparison for 2026

#sanity #strapi #payloadcms #headlesscms
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Sanity CMS website cost in 2026: what founders actually pay
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Sanity CMS website cost in 2026: what founders actually pay

#sanitycms #headlesscms #webdevelopmentcost #clientguide
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INP for React Apps: Profiling and Eliminating Long Tasks
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INP for React Apps: Profiling and Eliminating Long Tasks

#performance #react #corewebvitals
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Why Core Web Vitals Matter (and How I Improve Them)
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Why Core Web Vitals Matter (and How I Improve Them)

#seo #performance #nextjs
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Sanity vs WordPress headless CMS: when headless actually beats traditional
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Sanity vs WordPress headless CMS: when headless actually beats traditional

#sanity #wordpress #headlesscms #nextjs
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How to Fix LCP on Image-Heavy Pages (Next.js Patterns That Work)
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How to Fix LCP on Image-Heavy Pages (Next.js Patterns That Work)

#performance #nextjs #corewebvitals
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How I wire Sanity webhooks to Next.js ISR revalidation with HMAC verification
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How I wire Sanity webhooks to Next.js ISR revalidation with HMAC verification

#sanity #nextjs #isr #webhooks
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How I wire next/image to Sanity hotspot focal point data for pixel-perfect crops
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How I wire next/image to Sanity hotspot focal point data for pixel-perfect crops

#nextimage #sanitycms #hotspot #imageoptimisation
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How I use Sanity's structure builder to hide draft noise and speed up editor workflow
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How I use Sanity's structure builder to hide draft noise and speed up editor workflow

#sanitycms #studioconfiguration #devrel #contentops
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How I Structure Sanity Schemas to Avoid Query Waterfalls in Next.js
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How I Structure Sanity Schemas to Avoid Query Waterfalls in Next.js

#sanitycms #nextjs #performance #groq
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How I Shaved 140 kB Off a Next.js Bundle by Lazy-Loading Sanity Portable Text
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How I Shaved 140 kB Off a Next.js Bundle by Lazy-Loading Sanity Portable Text

#nextjs #sanity #performance #bundlesize
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How I Ship Sub-200ms TTFB on Sanity-Powered Pages with PPR and Edge
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How I Ship Sub-200ms TTFB on Sanity-Powered Pages with PPR and Edge

#nextjs #sanity #performance #ppr
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How I set up Sanity TypeGen for fully typed GROQ queries in TypeScript
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How I set up Sanity TypeGen for fully typed GROQ queries in TypeScript

#sanity #typescript #groq #typegen
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Sanity CMS + Next.js App Router: a practical getting started guide
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Sanity CMS + Next.js App Router: a practical getting started guide

#sanitycms #nextjs #approuter #groq
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Next.js App Router tutorial guide 2026: from Pages Router to production
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Next.js App Router tutorial guide 2026: from Pages Router to production

#nextjs #approuter #reactservercomponents #typescript
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How I set up core web vitals monitoring with Vercel Analytics and Next.js
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How I set up core web vitals monitoring with Vercel Analytics and Next.js

#corewebvitals #vercelanalytics #nextjs #performance
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How I replaced Sanity's default slug generator with a custom validation hook to catch duplicate slugs before publish
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How I replaced Sanity's default slug generator with a custom validation hook to catch duplicate slugs before publish

#sanity #groq #schemavalidation #slugmanagement
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How I reduced Sanity webhook fanout by batching revalidation tags in a single route handler
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How I reduced Sanity webhook fanout by batching revalidation tags in a single route handler

#sanity #nextjs #webhooks #revalidation
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How I Model Sanity References to Avoid N+1 Queries in Next.js RSC
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How I Model Sanity References to Avoid N+1 Queries in Next.js RSC

#sanity #groq #nextjs #performance
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How I Model Multi-Locale Navigation in Sanity Without Bloating Page Queries
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How I Model Multi-Locale Navigation in Sanity Without Bloating Page Queries

#sanity #groq #internationalization #performance
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How I keep Sanity image pipelines under 50 kB using LQIP hashes and blur overlays
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How I keep Sanity image pipelines under 50 kB using LQIP hashes and blur overlays

#sanity #nextjs #imageoptimization #lcp
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How I Handle Sanity Draft Mode Without Sacrificing Edge Performance
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How I Handle Sanity Draft Mode Without Sacrificing Edge Performance

#sanity #nextjs #draftmode #edgefunctions
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How I Handle Sanity Content Versioning Without Breaking Client Pages
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How I Handle Sanity Content Versioning Without Breaking Client Pages

#sanity #schemaversioning #contentmigration #nextjs
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How I Handle Conditional GROQ Projections to Cut Query Payload by 60%
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How I Handle Conditional GROQ Projections to Cut Query Payload by 60%

#sanity #groq #nextjs #performance
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How I build Sanity Portable Text custom components in Next.js
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How I build Sanity Portable Text custom components in Next.js

#sanity #portabletext #nextjs #typescript
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How I Eliminated Sanity Image Hot-Spot Reflows by Pre-Calculating Focal Crops
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How I Eliminated Sanity Image Hot-Spot Reflows by Pre-Calculating Focal Crops

#sanity #corewebvitals #nextjs #cls
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How I derive sizes, width, and height from Sanity metadata to kill CLS
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How I derive sizes, width, and height from Sanity metadata to kill CLS

#sanitycms #nextimage #corewebvitals #cls
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How I audit and prune unused Sanity document types to reclaim Studio performance
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How I audit and prune unused Sanity document types to reclaim Studio performance

#sanitycms #performance #schemamanagement #devrel
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Hire a Sanity developer vs agency: five honest trade-offs
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Hire a Sanity developer vs agency: five honest trade-offs

#sanitycms #hiring #freelance #agency
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Best headless CMS for Next.js in 2026: Sanity vs Contentful vs Payload vs Storyblok
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Best headless CMS for Next.js in 2026: Sanity vs Contentful vs Payload vs Storyblok

#headlesscms #nextjs #sanity #contentful
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