Next Engine Optimization (NEO) is an Open Source VSCode extension meant for Next.js developers to retrieve technical SEO metrics such as First Contentful Paint, Largest Contentful Paint, and Hydration time. The idea was brought to life when our team identified that a lot of tools meant for retrieving SEO metrics was usually only meant for deployed applications, and we wanted to allow developers to optimize their SEO during development. Leveraging SSR and NEO together provides the abilty to launch websites fully optimized for any search engine.