Hello world. [Next.js](https://nextjs.org/) is awesome! I'm building a new website and gave myself a few challenges/requirements.

- No or low cost
- Performant
- Dynamic content
- Scalable
- Uses modern tooling
- Easy CI/CD

After doing [some research](https://savjee.be/blog/Static-website-hosting-who-is-fastest/) this is what I came up with:

## Recipe:
- Framework: [Next.js](https://nextjs.org/)
- Hosting: [Github Pages](https://docs.github.com/en/pages/getting-started-with-github-pages/creating-a-github-pages-site) (free)
- CI/CD: [Build and Deploy Next.js App to GitHub Pages](https://github.com/marketplace/actions/next-pages) (free with GitHub Actions)
- CMS by [Contentful](https://www.contentful.com/) (free tier)
- DNS by [AWS Route 53](https://aws.amazon.com/route53/)

It is virtually free to host minus the cost of the domain name. Being a static site it is also [very performant](https://pagespeed.web.dev/analysis/https-www-audeos-com/oe7j8nbu9e?form_factor=mobile). Using [Create Next App](https://nextjs.org/docs/api-reference/create-next-app) made setting up dev and build environment easy af. 

In order to get free hosting on GitHub Pages the codebase repository must be open source. 👀 Check out my [source code](https://github.com/aud-eos/aud-eos.github.io)!

I'm building a static generated Next.js app hosted on GitHub pages. It's fast!

Audeos.com

The best way to build and host a free static website in 2023