From the moment we envisioned NextBlock CMS, one word has been our guiding star: Performance ⚡. We're not just aiming to build another Next.js CMS; we're on a mission to create the fastest CMS experience 🚀—for both the end-users visiting your sites and for you, the developers and content creators managing them.
📅 100-Day Development Roadmap Begins
Today, as we dive headfirst into our 100-Day Development Roadmap, we want to pull back the curtain on our Phase 1 strategy. This initial 25-day sprint is all about laying an incredibly solid and high-performance foundation 🧱.
We believe that world-class speed isn't a feature to be bolted on later—it’s an architectural imperative from the get-go 🏗️.
🔥 Phase 1 Performance Pillars:
We're tackling performance from multiple angles, going beyond standard static generation to ensure every millisecond counts ⏱️:
🌐 Global Speed with Edge Caching & ISR
Incremental Static Regeneration (ISR): Next.js ISR is fantastic for balancing static speed with dynamic content. We'll be leveraging it to ensure content is always fresh yet served incredibly fast. ⚡
Edge Caching: Content will be served from the CDN edge closest to your users (via Vercel's Edge Network or Cloudflare). This means ultra-low latency 🌍, no matter where your audience is. We’re configuring Cache-Control headers (s-maxage, stale-while-revalidate) meticulously for optimal dynamic content caching at the edge.
🎨 Optimizing the First Paint: Critical CSS & Tailwind CSS
Critical CSS Inlining: We’ll implement critical CSS extraction so above-the-fold styles 🖼️ are inlined directly in HTML. This eliminates render-blocking, improves First Contentful Paint (FCP), and avoids any "flash of unstyled content."
Tailwind CSS Efficiency: We love Tailwind ❤️—and we’ll ensure it’s working at peak performance. Production builds will aggressively purge unused styles, aiming for CSS files under 10KB 🧹.
🖼️ Next-Gen Image Delivery: AVIF & Smart Placeholders
Next.js Component: All images will be optimized using Next.js’s powerful image optimization.
AVIF Format: Enabling AVIF support—about 20% smaller than WebP at similar quality—means even faster load times. ⚙️
Blur-up LQIP: We’ll use Next.js’s built-in placeholder="blur" for a smooth image load experience ✨, starting with a low-quality blurred preview that fades into full resolution.
📜 Intelligent Script Loading
Script Component: We'll audit and load third-party & non-critical scripts strategically.
Smart Strategies:
strategy="afterInteractive" for essential scripts 🧠
strategy="lazyOnload" for low-priority scripts 💤
Prefetching Connections: We’ll add preconnect and dns-prefetch for faster time-to-first-byte on critical external domains 🌐.
🎯 Our Goals & Initial Thoughts
Measurable Improvement 📊: We’re not just talking about speed—we’re tracking it. Expect baseline metrics like TTFB, FCP, LCP, Core Web Vitals, plus automated Lighthouse checks.
Developer-First, Performance-First 🧑💻: Performance is baked into the DX (developer experience) and the UX (user experience).
Beyond Typical Static Generation 🔍: We're implementing fine-grained tuning from day one to differentiate NextBlock CMS from traditional solutions.
This is just the beginning. Phase 1 is about setting the stage 🎬. Future phases will build upon this with a block editor, rich media library 📁, and much more—all with performance at the forefront 🚀.
We're excited to share this journey with you 💬. We believe that a CMS can be both incredibly powerful and astonishingly fast.
💭 What are your initial thoughts on our performance strategy?
Any specific optimizations you'd love to see in a modern CMS?
👥 Join the Conversation & Stay Connected
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📢 Stay tuned for more updates!
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