Guides

The InBuild Guides

Long-form, definitive answers to the questions we hear most. Written for founders, marketers, and engineers actually shipping sites — not for SEO traffic that ranks but doesn't convert.

Comparison13 min read

The Ultimate Guide to AI Website Builders (2026)

How AI website builders work, what they're good at, where they fall short, and how to pick one — Lovable, v0, Bolt, Replit, InBuild compared with honest tradeoffs.

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Tutorial11 min read

The Complete Guide to SaaS Landing Pages (2026)

Anatomy of a SaaS landing page that converts: hero, social proof, features, pricing, FAQ. What every section does, what good looks like, and how to build one with AI instead of a blank page.

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Decision Framework10 min read

Website Builders Compared (2026): A Decision Framework

A practical framework for choosing between AI website builders, no-code builders, hosted CMS, and full-code frameworks. With concrete recommendations for common situations.

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Tutorial10 min read

How to Add Stripe to a Next.js Site (2026 Step-by-Step)

A complete walkthrough of wiring Stripe Checkout to a Next.js App Router project — products, prices, webhooks, customer portal, and the gotchas.

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Tutorial9 min read

How to Add Authentication to Next.js (2026 Step-by-Step)

A complete walkthrough of adding auth to a Next.js App Router site — comparing Auth.js, Clerk, and roll-your-own JWT — with the tradeoffs and a working example.

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Tutorial13 min read

Next.js SEO: The Complete Setup Guide (2026)

Everything you need to set up SEO correctly on a Next.js App Router site: metadata, sitemap, robots.txt, structured data, OG images, Core Web Vitals — and whether you still need next-seo.

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Decision Framework8 min read

How to Pick a Domain Name (2026 Practical Guide)

A practical guide to picking a domain name that works long-term — naming patterns, TLD choice, common mistakes, and a checklist before you register.

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Tutorial9 min read

How to Add OpenAI to Next.js (2026 Step-by-Step Guide)

A complete walkthrough of integrating OpenAI's API into a Next.js App Router site — including the AI SDK, streaming responses, rate limiting, and the gotchas with edge runtimes.

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Tutorial8 min read

How to Add Resend Email to Next.js (2026 Guide)

Send transactional email from a Next.js App Router site using Resend. Covers domain verification, React Email templates, the API route pattern, webhooks, and deliverability.

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Tutorial10 min read

How to Add Supabase to Next.js (2026 Guide)

A complete walkthrough of integrating Supabase (Postgres + auth + storage + realtime) into a Next.js App Router site — including server-side data fetching, RLS, and the SSR auth pattern.

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Tutorial12 min read

How to Add Prisma to Next.js (2026 Guide)

Wire Prisma 7 into a Next.js App Router app: the prisma-client generator, prisma.config.ts, driver adapters, the client singleton, Server Component reads, Server Action writes, migrations and serverless pooling.

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Tutorial12 min read

How to Add Tailwind CSS v4 to Next.js (2026)

Install and configure Tailwind CSS v4 in a Next.js App Router project: the PostCSS plugin, CSS-first configuration with @theme, dark mode, custom utilities, source detection, and the v3 upgrade path.

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Tutorial12 min read

How to Add shadcn/ui to Next.js (2026 Guide)

Set up shadcn/ui in a Next.js App Router project: the init command, components.json, the CSS-variable theme, customising the copied source, Server vs Client Components, and custom registries.

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Tutorial14 min read

How to Add Drizzle ORM to Next.js (2026 Guide)

Wire Drizzle ORM into a Next.js App Router app: the TypeScript schema, drizzle-kit migrations, the connection singleton, Server Component reads, Server Action writes, relational queries and serverless pooling.

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Tutorial13 min read

How to Add Zod to Next.js (2026 Guide)

Validate untrusted input in a Next.js App Router app with Zod 4: schemas, route handlers, Server Actions and FormData, per-field errors your UI can render, refinements, transforms, and inferred types.

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Tutorial13 min read

How to Add Upstash Redis to Next.js (2026)

Add serverless Redis to a Next.js App Router app with @upstash/redis: the HTTP client, caching a slow read, a cross-instance rate limiter, pipelines and transactions, and where Redis beats the framework cache.

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Tutorial13 min read

How to Add PostHog to Next.js (2026 Guide)

Wire PostHog into a Next.js App Router app: initialising posthog-js, pageviews on client-side navigation, identify and reset, an event naming scheme, feature flags and experiments, and a reverse proxy for ad blockers.

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Tutorial14 min read

How to Add Neon Postgres to Next.js (2026)

Connect a Next.js App Router app to Neon with @neondatabase/serverless: the HTTP driver and its template-only API, Pool and Client over WebSockets, transactions, pooled versus direct connection strings, and a database branch per preview deploy.

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