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A deep dive into migrating my portfolio to Next.js, optimizing for SEO 2026, and the pitfalls of prefetching on shared hosting. Modernizing my Portfolio Website In web engineering, standing still is not an option. My portfolio is more than just a dig...

Jan 12 · 4 min read · haustein.hashnode.dev  
Updated Jan 14  
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