#14: Faster Dev Server, Platform Starter Kit v2, Misconceptions about Client Components

🚀 Next.js 13.4.8 – Don’t get tricked by the small version number change. This release contains some amazing upgrades including 1.5x faster local server startup and 54% faster updates when making changes.

Full Stack E-Commerce + Dashboard & CMS: Next.js 13 App Router, React, Tailwind, Prisma, MySQL – "One of the most comprehensive tutorial out there. Covers pretty much the whole stack" - shadcn

Intro to React Server Components and Actions with Next.js – If you’re interested in getting started with React Server Components and the upcoming Server Actions feature in Next.js, this article is a great opportunity for you to learn more

React Server Components CHALLENGES!! – A little while back, Dan Abramov published an article discussing the process of reimplementing RSCs from scratch. Towards the end, he outlined a few challenges. In this video, Jesse not only solves all the challenges but also guides viewers through his thought process, making it easy to understand and follow along

Are React client components bad? – leeerob clarifies common misunderstandings regarding React Client Components and Server Components

Refresh React Server Component on Focus – Neat little trick for adding event driven data fetching on the server

Platforms Starter Kit v2 – A full-stack Next.js app with multi-tenancy and custom domain support. Built with Next.js App Router, Vercel Postgres and the Vercel Domains API

rewind-ui – Fully open source React component library for building modern web applications using Tailwind CSS

Medusa.js Product Modules – Medusa is a toolkit for building rich digital commerce applications. Imagine Shopify but open source. With the recent release of Product Modules, you can use Medusa’s ecommerce logic inside a Next.js Route Handler

rsc-llm-on-the-edge – This demo is mind blowing 🤯. Stream and render LLM responses via RSCs without additional JavaScript

Principles for Scaling Frontend Application Development, React Summit 2023 – Malte Ubl (CTO of Vercel) shares his experience on leading frontend teams from an engineering perspective & how you can apply that to your own work

Breaking Up with SVG-in-JS in 2023 – Technical deep-dive on why you shouldn’t have SVGs in your JS bundle and better techniques for JSX usage

My take on the current React & Server Components controversy – Lenz, one of the maintainers behind Apollo Client, Redux Toolkit, and RTK Query, recently wrote an excellent article. In this piece, Lenz shares their thoughts, frustrations, and suggestions as a library maintainer regarding how the React team managed the release of React Server Components.