I used Tailwind UI's Spotlight template. However, if you want to use it, you'll have to pay for it (I have found Tailwind UI to be an excellent investment). Some people will prefer their design to be unique, but I'm satisfied with something that looks nice and lets me focus on content. If you don't want to pay for Tailwind UI, Netlify also has starter templates that you can use. If you Google around, I'm sure there are plenty of other Next.js templates.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.doliver.org//articles/blog-setup