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I Built My Portfolio With Next.js 14 in 2026 — Here Is What I Learned (And Why I Did Not Upgrade to 15)

I shipped my portfolio rebuild at nitinmonga.in in early 2026 using Next.js 14 with the App Router. By that point, Next.js 15 had been out for over a year and Next.js 16 was already in beta. Plenty of people in my Twitter feed asked the obvious question: "Why are you still on 14?"