Instant Navigation in Multi Page Apps

Next.js Instant Navigation in Multi Page Apps

Not every Next.js app can "just be an SPA". This post explores which instant navigation features still work in a multi-page app, and where browser-native options can replace them, such as cross-document view transitions, BFCache, and the Speculation Rules API

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📙 Articles / Tutorials / News

Next.js: August 2026 Security Release

Next.js shipped urgent fixes for two critical security bugs, including one in AVIF image handling and another affecting some Windows-hosted apps. If you use Next.js 15.5 or 16.3, update quickly

Avoiding Server Component Waterfall Fetching with React 19 cache()

We shared this before, but it now also covers Cache Components and "use cache: private" for request-specific data like the current user.

How to Build an Event Calendar with Next.js and SVAR React Calendar

Walks through building a full event calendar in Next.js using SVAR’s React Calendar and a simple backend

PR: Add experimental Variants

A new early idea for handling things like themes, locales, and feature flags. It lets Next.js prerender selected variants without changing your route structure

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📦 Projects / Packages / Tools

Zod 4.5: Schema Compilation

The big new feature here is z.compile() which lets you pre-compile schemas for much faster parsing. The release also cuts memory use a lot, adds helpers like z.creditCard(), z.properties(), and z.deepPartial()

nuqs v2.10

nuqs lets you keep state in the URL query string instead of only in React state

Heyo Docs

Create a standalone documentation site with MDX content, navigation, search, OpenAPI reference pages, and built-in SEO.

tailwind-stylex

Use Tailwind’s default design tokens directly in StyleX. Get typed, autocomplete-friendly constants with no package-specific config, scanning, or generation

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