How I Generate 3,400 Static Pages Without Losing My Mind

BabyNamePick generates over 3,400 static pages at build time. Here's how I keep that manageable. The Page Breakdown ~2,000 individual name pages ( /name/[slug] ) ~130 blog posts ( /blog/[slug] ) ~50 category pages ( /[category] ) 26 letter index pages ( /letter/[letter] ) ~20 static pages (home, about, privacy, etc.) All generated from a single JSON data file and a TypeScript posts file. The Data Architecture Everything flows from two sources: // names.json — 2,000+ entries [ { " name " : " Sakura " , " meaning " : " Cherry blossom " , " gender " : " girl " , " origin " : " japanese " , " style " : [ " nature " , " elegant " ], " popularity " : " popular " , " startLetter " : " S " } ] // posts.ts — 130+ blog entries export const posts : BlogPost [] = [ { slug : " autumn-baby-names " , title : " Autumn Baby Names... " , content : `...markdown content...` } ] generateStaticParams — The Heart of It Next.js's generateStaticParams is what makes this work: // app/name/[slug]/page.tsx export