HostSage: Cloud & VPS Guide Platform
A cloud computing and web hosting guide platform rebuilt from the ground up on Next.js & MDX, driven by search intent validation and infrastructure benchmarking.
Objective & Problem
HostSage started as a generic Next.js template with placeholder branding and demo authors. The goal was to re-engineer it into an authoritative single-author publication: consolidating the data system down to one author profile with structured JSON-LD schema metadata, redesigning the brand identity in Figma, and implementing an automated benchmark pipeline.
Stack & Pipeline
Key Contributions
- •Brand Identity: Rebuilt the entire branding system (vector logo, favicon family, typography) from scratch in Figma.
- •Architectural Refactoring: Migrated multi-author demo data into a single-author content architecture with accurate OpenGraph and schema metadata.
- •Content Engine: Designed SEO-first content strategy targeting high-intent developer search queries instead of generic filler.
- •Performance: Maintained 100/100 Core Web Vitals with zero layout shift and sub-second page loads.
Technical Details & Solutions
Extracted template dependencies and consolidated multi-author collections into a unified author data pipeline with frontmatter schema validation.
Targeted low-competition, high-intent technical search queries directly answering cloud setup and VPS benchmarking questions.
Replaced boilerplate assets with custom vectors, clean dark mode styles, and encapsulated experimental features cleanly.