Senior Frontend Engineer and DevRel crafting performance-first frontend systems, developer tooling, and delightful UI experiences.
- Portfolio: https://therakeshpurohit.com
- Rocket blog: https://www.rocket.new/author/rakesh-purohit
- DhiWise blog: https://www.dhiwise.com/author/rakesh-purohit
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/therakeshpurohit
- GitHub: https://github.com/TheRakeshPurohit
- X: https://x.com/irakeshpurohit
- 1M+ monthly users supported on a $70 infra budget via Vercel edge.
- 1.8x faster latency using Redis HTML caching with auth/device variants; 30% lower compute cost.
- 51.19% build-time reduction (17m -> 8m) with CRACO + esbuild.
- Core Web Vitals improved to 90+ and 80% organic growth via Webflow -> Next.js + ISR.
- India Quotient 30 Under 30 (2024).
This is my personal portfolio built with Next.js App Router and a custom interactive UI/UX layer (sound cues, cursor states, motion, and 3D-inspired visuals). It is deployed as a static export for fast, low-cost hosting.
- Next.js 16 (App Router, static export)
- React 19
- Tailwind CSS 4
- Radix UI primitives
- next-mdx-remote for MDX writing
npm install
npm run devnpm run build
npm run startBuilds a static site into out/ and serves it locally.
Edit lib/content.ts to update:
- about info and metrics
- experience timeline
- credentials and writing links
- projects and blog posts

