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One year with Next.js App Router and why we're moving on

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One year with Next.js App Router and why we're moving on

As I’ve been using Next.js professionally on my employer’s web app, I find the core design of their App Router and React Server Components (RSC) to be extremely frustrating. And it’s not small bugs or that the API is confusing, but large disagreements about the fundamental design decisions that Vercel and the React team made when building it.

The more webdev events I go to, the more I see people who dislike Next.js, but still get stuck using it. By the end of this article, I will share how me and my colleagues escaped this hell, seamlessly migrating our entire frontend to TanStack Start.

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alvinkatojr

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Lengthy article, but valid points. Next.js is a minefield. Bought a book on it 3 years ago, and by the time I got to reading it, everything had already changed.

I now have my eye on Svelte, and if I have to deal with React, then Remix is a better alternative.
Vercel is just one hell of a crazy company in my view. So for now, I’ll keep my distance.

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AstonJ

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Might be worth checking out hologram as well :icon_biggrin:

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toon159

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I can’t wait TanStack Start to be v1!

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