Next.js Conf 2025 – This week marked the sixth annual Next.js Conf in San Francisco, where Vercel dropped a bunch of updates about the future of the framework. Check out the full VoD so you don’t miss any of the awesome talks. Here are the main highlights:
- Cache Components – They are finally stable! Choose exactly what to cache and what to keep dynamic. Fast static shells load first, while live data streams in using Suspense
- Deployment Adapters API (alpha) – A defined interface that makes it easier to deploy Next.js (with all its features) on platforms other than Vercel.
- Next.js Evals – Compares how different AI models and agents perform when generating or migrating Next.js code
- Turbopack – It’s now the default bundler for Next.js 16 and brings insanely fast initial compile times (still in beta)
Ship AI 2025 – The day after Next.js Conf was the first-ever Ship AI event. A day of hands-on workshops and skill-based tracks that wrapped up with real project showcases. Vercel also dropped a bunch of new AI-powered features:
- use workflow – Durable functions with reliability and observability. Build apps and AI agents that can suspend, resume, and keep their state
- Zero-config backends – Deploy Python or Node frameworks with zero config and optimized compute for agents and workflows
- Vercel Agent – AI-powered code reviews and production investigations that deliver context-aware insights to help you ship more reliable software
- Vercel Agent Investigations (beta) – Automatically run AI investigations on anomalous events for faster incident response
📙 Articles, Tutorials
React Server Components: Do They Really Improve Performance? – Nadia digs into what React Server Components really change in practice. She shows that while RSCs sound magical, you still need to refactor data fetching and mark async parts with Suspense. Simply upgrading to Next.js App Router isn’t enough for a boost. // Nadia Makarevich
React Defined the Web. The AI SDK Will Define AI – The post draws a strong comparison between React’s rise and the direction of AI development today. Just as React’s declarative model transformed how we think about UI, the Vercel AI SDK lets developers think in streams and intelligent interfaces instead of API calls // John Lindquist
Concurrent Hydration with useSyncExternalStore – Builds on an idea from Dominik Dorfmeister’s post about using useSyncExternalStore to avoid hydration mismatches but the post then goes further, showing how to make it concurrent by combining it with useDeferredValue // Jacob Groß
Running Next.js inside ChatGPT: A deep dive into native app integration – Vercel made it possible to run full Next.js apps inside ChatGPT, complete with routing, React Server Components, and all the usual features. The post breaks down how they solved the challenges of ChatGPT’s triple-iframe setup and offers a starter template to help you deploy your own. // Andrew Qu
📦 Projects / Packages / Tools
Next.js 16 (stable) – Ahead of Next.js Conf 2025, the stable Next.js 16 release landed with major upgrades. Alongside Turbopack and the new Cache Components model, it introduced DevTools MCP for AI‑assisted debugging. Routing, caching, and logging got big improvements, plus new React 19.2 features like View Transitions and useEffectEvent were added // Jimmy Lai, Josh Story, Sebastian Markbåge, Tim Neutkens
Civic Auth + Next.js sample app – A complete, ready-to-run Next.js project showing how to add secure auth with Civic Auth in minutes. Includes signup/login flows, wallet integration, and best practices. // Civic [Sponsor]
Better Fetch – By the creator of Better Auth. Better Fetch is a fetch wrapper with runtime schema validation, type inference, and a plugin system. It supports error‑as‑value handling and works across browsers, workers, Node 18+, Deno, and Bun // Bereket Engida
FastAPI AI SDK – This package is for Python devs who use Next.js as a frontend. Build FastAPI endpoints that stream AI messages straight to your Next.js frontend. It uses SSE under the hood and supports all Vercel AI SDK event types such as text, reasoning, tool calls, and more // Arif Dogan
Vercel deployments menu bar app – Keep track of your Next.js (or any Vercel) deployments without opening the browser. This handy macOS menu bar app shows build progress, errors, and ready states in real time // andrewk17
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🌈 Related
How modern browsers work – A super in‑depth look at how modern browsers handle everything from fetching resources and parsing HTML/CSS to rendering pixels and running JavaScript // Addy Osmani
How to Fix Any Bug – The post is less about React and more about how great debugging comes from patience and process. Dan shares how he tracked down a tricky scroll bug in a React app and how AI (Claude) failed to fix it because it lacked a proper reproduction // Dan Abramov
React Conf 2025 Recap – Covering all talks, announcements, and new features introduced during the two-day event // Matt Carroll & Ricky Hanlon
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