Rakesh Purohit

Senior Frontend Engineer and DevRel crafting performance-first frontend systems, developer tooling, and delightful UI experiences.

Links

• 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

Highlights

• 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).

What this repo is

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.

Tech Stack

• Next.js 16 (App Router, static export)
• React 19
• Tailwind CSS 4
• Radix UI primitives
• next-mdx-remote for MDX writing

Run locally

Build + export

npm run build
npm run start

Builds a static site into out/ and serves it locally.

Content updates

Edit lib/content.ts to update:

• about info and metrics
• experience timeline
• credentials and writing links
• projects and blog posts

Latest blog posts

• How to integrate Xata into the ReactJS application using DhiWise?
• How to integrate Twitter & WhatsApp APIs with DhiWise in just 45 minutes?
• Top 10 amazing chart libraries in React
• From Figma’s design into React component using DhiWise

Languages and Tools