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7 months

frontend is easy

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Coming soon to @nextjs – improved SEO support!

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Vercel Cron Jobs. Next week.

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📣 The Next.js router is getting a major upgrade! ◆ Nested routes / layouts ◆ Client and server routing ◆ React 18 features – startTransition, Suspense ◆ Designed for Server Components ◆ 100% incrementally adoptable 🤯 Expect an RFC very soon 👀

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URL state is underrated. Here's an example of how we built @nextjs commerce with almost zero `useState` calls.

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3 years

The new React docs are out! Well-written and practical, complete with interactive examples, diagrams, and more. Plus, they teach Hooks first. Give them a read and provide feedback:

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When there's competition in DevTools, developers win: ◆ Svelte is pushing React ◆ Remix is pushing Next.js ◆ Prisma is pushing ORMs ◆ Deno is pushing Node.js ◆ Supabase is pushing Firebase ◆ esbuild / SWC are pushing JS tooling ◆ Bun is pushing SWC What else?

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Quality of life improvement: @nextjs can now run with HTTPS locally 🔒 `next dev --experimental-https`

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History of React State Management • 2013 – Introduction • 2015 – Redux • 2016 – MobX • 2018 – Context • 2019 – Hooks • 2019 – Zustand • 2020 – Jotai, Recoil • 2021 – useSelectedContext The future is exciting! Here's a brief summary of how we got here ⬇️

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I wrote a response to @kentcdodds 's post "Why I Won't Use Next.js". It started small, but ended up with a 3,000 word journey and some history about how Next.js has evolved. Here's why I'm using Next.js.

Why I'm Using Next.js

Responding to an article sharing feedback about Next.js with my opinions.

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The Verge: new version built with @nextjs , @vercel , and @tailwindcss 🔥

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3 years

My latest course on Next.js is now available free 🚀 Learning Next.js will transform how you build web applications. - Next.js / React - Firebase - Stripe / Vercel - 15+ hours of content RTs appreciated 🙏 #100DaysOfCode

React 2025 – Build applications from the future, today.

Learn how to build and deploy a modern React application using the most popular open-source software.

react2025.com

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2 years

TypeScript 4.9 is going to be *huge* for @nextjs . With the release of `satisfies`, you'll get improved type safety inside `getStaticProps`/`getStaticPaths`/`getServerSideProps` as well as inside Pages. 🤯

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10 months

"Text content does not match server-rendered HTML"

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⬇️ Everything we launched at Next.js Conf yesterday

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Been exploring Next.js 13 layouts for my new site. Makes animating page transitions *really* easy. Should I do a stream on this soon? 👀

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Next.js is working on a new router, with support for nested layouts, colocated data fetching, and React Server Components. I wrote up a quick overview of the upcoming changes. You'll be able to incrementally adopt these new features in a future release.

Next.js Layouts RFC in 5 minutes – Vercel

Learn about the upcoming routing and layouts changes to Next.js.

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Next.js is a free open-source framework. The creators, Vercel, fund its development. How is this possible? Why would they give it away for free? Let's talk about funding open-source software (OSS).

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So, @vercel reverted all edge rendering back to Node.js 😬 Wanted to correct the record here as it's something I've advocated for in the past, and share what I've learned since then. Also, the "edge" naming has been a bit confusing, so let's clear that up here as well. What is…

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Me: I'll make my website open source so people can learn. Them: ⌘C + ⌘V – Don't bother changing the links. Don't do this.

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Next.js passed Create React App in npm downloads 🤯 A few thoughts on the journey over the past five years...

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You can now import your `.env` file on @vercel – or even better, just directly ⌘+V ✨

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A 1-hour introduction to Next.js and React 🎥 This mini course is designed for beginners, but if you've used Next.js before, hopefully you'll still pick up some new tips. We'll build a quiz app using Postgres, starting from React basics and going all the way to Server Actions!

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3 years

I spent a few hours rebuilding with Next.js & @tailwindcss for fun and recorded myself along the way.

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Good news! @nextjs now automatically restarts your local dev server when you make changes to `next.config.js`. Available on `canary` and soon the next stable release 🔥

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1 year

TIL that @tailwindcss can automatically strip hover styles for mobile devices. No more desktop styles affecting taps!

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3 years

How to get the fastest web fonts (Updated 2021) 1️⃣ Use a variable font 2️⃣ Preload your font file 3️⃣ Self-host instead of Google Fonts 4️⃣ Use `font-display: optional` to prevent layout shift

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3 years

Behind the scenes... 👀🎥

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6 months

"use php" just dropped 🤣

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I just launched a new version of my site! ◆ Next.js 13 + `app/` directory ◆ MDX with React Server Components ◆ Tailwind CSS for styling ◆ Framer Motion for animations ◆ PlanetScale + Auth.js ◆ Vercel Analytics Code →

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Check out my newly redesigned portfolio.

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We’re releasing one of the most requested Next.js features this week. What do you think it is? 👀

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2 years

New post: Rust Is The Future of JavaScript Infrastructure 🦀 Why is Rust being used to replace parts of the JavaScript web ecosystem like minification, transpilation, formatting, bundling, linting, and more?

Rust Is The Future of JavaScript Infrastructure

Why is Rust being used to replace parts of the JavaScript web ecosystem like minification (Terser), transpilation (Babel), formatting (Prettier), bundling (webpack), linting (ESLint), and more?

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1 year

How is this not illegal

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With 91,700 stars, @nextjs just passed Kubernetes 😮

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2 years

We're working on improvements to @nextjs to make it easier to use custom web fonts while maintaining great performance. Import the font in `_app`, add "Inter" to your `font-family`, and you're done. This only loads the specified variants and automatically subsets. Thoughts?

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Excited to announce I've been promoted to Head of Developer Relations at @Vercel 🚀 One more thing... I'm hiring! If you want to join a high-growth startup, scale a community with millions of developers, and transform the way we build the web – join me!

Lee Robinson

Developer, writer, and creator.

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Tanner ( @tannerlinsley ) has made an incredible impact on the React ecosystem with libraries like React Query, React Table, and more. To thank him for his amazing open-source work, we're flying him to San Francisco for Next.js Conf next week. Thanks, Tanner!

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Big news – I'm joining the incredible team at ▲ @Vercel I'm thrilled to help grow the Next.js community and continue building the optimal workflow for front-end developers 🥳

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4 months

Authentication in @nextjs with Server Components and Server Actions is so nice 🥰 We're working on some updated docs for auth – what would you like to see?

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3 years

My current tech stack for web apps: ◾️ Framework: Next.js ◾️ Database: SQL / @prisma ◾️ Authentication: @nextauthjs ◾️ Styling: @tailwindcss ◾️ Language: @typescript ◾️ Deployment: @vercel Starting a new project with this, really excited 😌

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2 years

npm uninstall next npm install vacation vercel --prod

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Improved sitemap support is coming to @nextjs ! 1. Create a `sitemap.ts` file inside `app/` 2. Fetch dynamic data + return an array of routes 3. 🎉 Now on `next @canary ` and soon to a stable version.

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In 2015, I spent weeks learning Docker. I found it interesting, but more importantly, I believed learning Docker would help me grow in my career. And it did. Working with Docker also improved my knowledge of bash scripts, CI/CD, and unix. Now almost a decade later, I rarely…

Liz Lovelace! 🇹🇭

@liz_love_lace

2 months

why am I like this

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This felt... therapeutic. Deleted code is the best kind of code.

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Netlify has acquired Gatsby.

Netlify Acquires Gatsby, Its Struggling Jamstack Competitor

Netlify coined the term Jamstack and inspired an ecosystem. Gatsby tried to compete, but today Netlify announced it has acquired the company.

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2 years

New logo + new features soon 🔥

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@vercel

2 years

Today, we're also unveiling the new @nextjs logo.

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I saw some developers frustrated about Next.js on Reddit. To help explain the new concepts, I made a 12-minute video walking through their frustrations. Maybe my response will be helpful for others 😁

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9 months

Product Engineer > Fullstack Engineer

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Let's build an email client with @nextjs and Postgres ✉️ ✅ Navigate between routes in a column layout while maintaining scroll position (layouts support) ✅ Submit forms without JavaScript enabled (progressive enhancement) ✅ Navigate between routes extremely fast (prefetching…

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3 years

Okay, how cool is this!? Built with React 🤯 by @pmndrs

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Want to roll your own auth with Next.js? Learn how to use JWTs with HTTP-only cookies to implement basic session-based auth in the App Router.

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2 years

New in @nextjs 13: The app directory has *drastically improved* TypeScript support 🚀 Use async/await to fetch data directly in Server Components.

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9 months

Built with @nextjs , @vercel , and headless @shopify by @commerce_ui 🔥

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9 months

This is quite literally the best pdp I've ever seen

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2 years

Today, we ( @vercel ) announced our $150M Series D at a $2.5B valuation. It's been a wild ride – here's my story of the past year and a half.

Lee Robinson

Developer, writer, and creator.

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Some of my favorite @Vercel sites ▲

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🔥 Design tip: small changes can make a huge impact. Ensure tables with numbers are easy to scan vertically. For example, using the CSS `font-variant-numeric` property to make numbers the same size.

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2 years

"What is Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) and why does it matter?" This is probably my favorite example.

MidlineShift

@detroit_bound

2 years

@ampol_moment

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Open source projects @vercel engineers have created or helped maintain: next.js, svelte, turborepo, webpack, node.js, swc, swr, mdx, create-react-app, parcel, node-gyp, fnm, nvm, mongoose, , ms, next-auth, rxjs, rollup, formik, napi-rs, nextra, chakra 🤯

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We're exploring moving to Lightning CSS in @nextjs ⚡️ You can try it out on `next @latest ` when using `next dev --turbo`. Also, I love their website ↓

Lightning CSS

An extremely fast CSS parser, transformer, bundler, and minifier.

lightningcss.dev

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4 months

CSS now has cross-browser support for: ◆ Variables ◆ Nesting ◆ Container Queries ◆ :has() ◆ text-wrap: balance I made a demo that uses them all, because why not?

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macOS on the web 🤯 Built with @vercel / @preactjs by @puruvjdev

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is so incredible. ◾️CSS → Tailwind ◾️SVG → JSX ◾️HTML → JSX ◾️JSON → GraphQL ◾️JSON → TypeScript ◾️Mardown → HTML And more! Built with Next.js and @vercel 🔥

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↗︎ VP of Developer Experience at ▲ @Vercel Big news! Excited to share DevRel is growing to form our new Developer Experience organization. I wrote some thoughts about why DevRel must adapt for the new era of advocacy.

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Developer, writer, and creator.

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6 months

Next.js 14 is here with... No 👏 New 👏 APIs 👏

Next.js

@nextjs

6 months

Next.js 14 ◆ next dev --turbo ↳ 53% faster local server startup ↳ 94% faster code updates ◆ Server Actions (Stable) ◆ Partial Prerendering (Preview) ◆ New Next.js Learn Course ↳ App Router ↳ Authentication ↳ Postgres

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Watch GitHub Copilot write code for me 🤯

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4 years

My course on Next.js is now available free ✨ Learning Next.js will transform how you build web applications. I'm thrilled to be able to share this with a larger audience. Check it out!

Learn Next.js – A free video course on React and Next.js.

Learn how to build static and server-rendered applications with Next.js and React.

masteringnextjs.com

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3 years

You’re going to want to stay tuned for @vercel announcements this month... I’m. So. Excited.

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2 years

What if you could import your `.env` file directly from the @vercel dashboard? Thoughts?

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3 years

A fresh coat of paint for my site 💅 Check it out →

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5 months

Docker on Vercel. We are so back.

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Ok, hear me out #vercel #docker

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How to get the best image performance (Updated 2021) 1️⃣ Use `width` and `height` to prevent layout shift 2️⃣ Lazy-load images as they enter the viewport 3️⃣ Use modern image formats (WebP, AVIF) 4️⃣ Serve correctly sized images using `srcset` 5️⃣ Provide blur-up placeholders

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I built a portfolio/blog starter template with: • React / Next.js • MDX / Markdown • Tailwind v4 • Dynamic RSS / Sitemap • Dynamic OG images • Syntax highlighting • Simple design / Geist font

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What if I told you... you could build OG images with React? Just write HTML and CSS, even @tailwindcss , and you're done 🤯

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Vercel OG Image Generation – a new library for generating dynamic social card images.

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Meet the new `create-next-app`: ◆ TypeScript by default ◆ Interactive configuration ◆ Faster, single-shot dependency installs Kudos to @ctjlewis for their work on this!

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2 years

💡 @nextjs tip: `next/link` will soon no longer require manually adding an `<a>` tag as a child. You can opt-in today with a flag before this becomes the default in the next major version. More details →

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6 months

What if Vercel could detect layout shifts for you? And then show you an animation of what exactly changed?

Vercel Changelog

@vercel_changes

6 months

Automatically detect and replay layout shifts in your deployments from the Vercel Toolbar.

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Introducing the new @nextjs documentation: ◆ ⌘+K search ◆ App/Pages toggle ◆ Improved codeblocks ◆ Dark/light/system theming With the release of 13.4, the beta docs are now merged back into stable. Kudos to @delba_oliveira and @emilkowalski_ !

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You gave feedback about @vercel , we listened and shipped! A thread of some recent updates ↓

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We're improving @nextjs /image to support: ◆ Using the <picture> tag ◆ Handling art direction ◆ Light/dark mode images ◆ Serving different images for HiDPI displays Landing soon on `canary` – kudos to @styfle 👏

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2 years

Heroku will no longer have a free plan. End of an era.

The Story of Heroku

How Heroku changed how we build and deploy software.

leerob.io

Heroku

@heroku

2 years

Today, we’re announcing important Heroku updates. These include an interactive product roadmap on #GitHub , support programs for students and nonprofits, as well as phasing out free product plans. See what the future of building on #Heroku looks like:

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✨ New @nextjs docs: Forms & Mutations! Including revalidating cached data, loading & error states, server actions, form validation, reading cookies and headers, and more. Both JS/TS and Pages/App Router!

Data Fetching: Server Actions and Mutations

Learn how to handle form submissions and data mutations with Next.js.

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3 years

Next.js 12 with ES Modules & URL Imports 📦 This demo fetches Markdown from the GitHub API and converts it into HTML with syntax highlighting. It's a self-documenting demo of what's happening behind the scenes. My favorite!

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CSS in 2024 is amazing.

How I'm Writing CSS in 2024

Notes on the state of the CSS ecosystem and tooling.

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There's one Node.js API that plays critical role in the success of Next.js. You might already be using it without knowing ↓

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2 years

Coming to a city near you 👀 #VercelMeetup

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2 years

New sites using Next.js: ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆

Showcase | Next.js by Vercel - The React Framework

Meet hundreds of beautiful websites powered by Next.js by Vercel

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3 years

Just JavaScript by @dan_abramov and @Mappletons is fantastic. I already loved it, and then I saw the site is using Next.js and @vercel 🥰 I'll pick three random people who RT this and buy them a copy. Support course creators!

Just JavaScript

Just JavaScript will help you develop a rock-solid understanding of how JavaScript works through intuitive visual explanations and learning challenges.

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7 days until 🎟

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Y'all know I just genuinely like Next.js, right? Like... I would use it if I didn't work at Vercel. Actually, wait, I did do that. I helped my last company move from Express + React to Next.js self-hosted on Kubernetes. It's not that deep 😁 You can be excited about tech.

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The @nextjs App Router now supports static exports! Start with a static site / SPA, then later upgrade to use server features. It now also supports static i18n routing and static API Routes (with Route Handlers). Now available on `canary`, soon stable!

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I don't think I've been very transparent about all of work happening around usage controls and pricing at Vercel. So I'd like to do that now. The tl;dr of the feedback is: more visibility into usage and more ways to control spending. And I think I haven't done a job good about…

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Material UI is planning to move to a zero-runtime CSS-in-JS solution. Great news! 🥳 This will help all MUI applications ship less JavaScript, and be compatible with React Server Components.

[RFC][system] Zero-runtime CSS-in-JS implementation · Issue #38137 · mui/material-ui

What's the problem? 🤔 This RFC is a proposal for implementing a zero-runtime CSS-in-JS solution to be used in a future major version of Material UI and Joy UI. TLDR: We are planning to develop ...

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1 year

2023 State of Databases for Serverless & Edge An overview of 30+ solutions and emerging trends ↓

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New: Google Gemini + Vercel AI SDK chatbot template ✨ Book a flight, select your seat, check out, and more — all with server-driven, interactive Generative UI components. Open-source and hackable!

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Node.js () is now using @nextjs — and soon @vercel 🎉 Great work @wunderacle and team 👏

Node.js — Run JavaScript Everywhere

Node.js® is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine.

nodejs.org

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@nodejs

1 year

We've released a long-term migration of our Node.js website that enhances the developer experience! By migrating the underlying technology, we improved performance and ease of maintenance. Big thanks to @wunderacle , @_richard_lau_ and many other contributors for the support 💚

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1/ You want to use serverless. But you've heard about issues connecting to your database... Here's how can you use databases in serverless environments like AWS Lambda, @vercel , and @Cloudflare .

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If it can be optimized for TypeScript usage, it will be optimized for TypeScript usage. e.g. databases, ORMs, frontend frameworks, styling libraries, etc. 👇 Kysely:

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is now using React 18! React 18 prepares for Server Components, Suspense and concurrent rendering, and minimal runtime JS. Next, we're adding streaming server-rendering support to Next.js 🚀

New Suspense SSR Architecture in React 18 · reactwg react-18 · Discussion #37

Overview React 18 will include architectural improvements to React server-side rendering (SSR) performance. These improvements are substantial and are the culmination of several years of work. Most...

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10 months

Same. I’m feeling pretty burnt out.

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SvelteKit can now run on @Vercel Edge Functions! ◆ Dynamic at the speed of static ◆ Zero-client-side JS ◆ Deployed globally in seconds Kudos to @Rich_Harris for the great work here.

SvelteKit on the edge

HTML, dynamically rendered in a city near you

sveltekit-on-the-edge.vercel.app

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