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Implementation guides, architecture decisions, and engineering notes from building production AI-driven web systems.

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Next.js · Firebase · AI

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Sep 3, 2026

Sep 3, 20262 min read

Firebase Auth with Next.js App Router — The Right Way

Server Components, middleware route protection, and session cookies done correctly. A pattern-first guide for integrating Firebase Authentication with Next.js 15 App Router.

[Firebase][Next.js][Authentication][TypeScript]

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Aug 14, 20263 min read

Building a RAG Pipeline with Next.js and Pinecone

A step-by-step walkthrough of constructing a production-grade Retrieval-Augmented Generation pipeline using the Vercel AI SDK, Pinecone vector store, and Gemini 1.5 Pro.

[Next.js][Pinecone][Gemini][RAG][TypeScript]

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