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Next.js is infuriating

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1033 points Bogdanp | 1 comments | 02 Sep 25 06:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | source
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YuukiRey ◴[02 Sep 25 10:04 UTC] No.45101009[source]▶
I 100% agree. I've ran into the same issues, and I would never use Next.js for anything, and I will encourage every team at work to use something else.

In general Next.js has so many layers of abstraction that 99.9999% of projects don't need. And the ones that do are probably better off building a bespoke solution from lower level parts.

Next.js is easily the worst technology I've ever used.

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motorest ◴[02 Sep 25 12:12 UTC] No.45102069[source]▶
> I 100% agree. I've ran into the same issues, and I would never use Next.js for anything, and I will encourage every team at work to use something else.

Things will get far worse before they get better. Right now, online courses such as the ones in PluralSight are pushing Next.js on virtually all courses related to React. I have no idea what ill-advised train of thought resulted in this sad state of affairs but here we are.

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felipeccastro ◴[02 Sep 25 13:12 UTC] No.45102683[source]▶
The train of thought is “what is everyone using? I’ll use that too”
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gigatree ◴[02 Sep 25 13:53 UTC] No.45103142[source]▶
If everyone made decisions for themselves instead of following everyone else we’d be so much better off, in all areas.
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1. nightski ◴[02 Sep 25 14:03 UTC] No.45103265[source]▶
This is a little disingenuous because unfortunately you can't make decisions on technical merits alone. It takes a lot of resources to keep these projects thriving and up to date. You almost have to go with options where these resources have been deployed, even if they are terrible sometimes.