https://josedavidbaena.com Personal website and blog where I document thoughts, ideas, and interests in software engineering, web performance, and open source technologies. en-us josedab@gmail.com (José David Baena) josedab@gmail.com (José David Baena) Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://josedavidbaena.com/blog/mermaid-nextjs-journey/mermaid-diagrams-three-architectures-one-solution https://josedavidbaena.com/blog/mermaid-nextjs-journey/mermaid-diagrams-three-architectures-one-solution Three Mermaid-in-Next.js architectures, one that shipped. Index post for a 3-part case study on build-time rendering, over-engineering, and deletion. Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT josedab@gmail.com (José David Baena) nextjsmermaidarchitectureperformancecase-studypragmatic-engineering https://josedavidbaena.com/blog/mermaid-nextjs-journey/mermaid-nextjs-part-1-build-time-rendering https://josedavidbaena.com/blog/mermaid-nextjs-journey/mermaid-nextjs-part-1-build-time-rendering Part 1: I optimized Mermaid rendering with build-time Puppeteer SVGs. Builds went 5s to 45s. Why I abandoned the approach and what it taught me. Fri, 03 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT josedab@gmail.com (José David Baena) nextjsmermaidbuild-optimizationstatic-site-generationperformanceremark-plugins