#24: New Release, Tailwind Cult, Next.js Conf 2023, v0, Vercel Blob Public Beta

🚀 Next.js 13.5 – This release comes with tons of improvements to stability and performance, along with the patching of over 438 bugs. Some of my favorite additions are support for `cookies` and `headers` functions in middlewares, as well as HTTPS support and improved console output in dev mode

Next.js Conf 2023 – Next.js Conf is back on Oct 26! My predictions: We’ll get stable Server Actions and tooling and improvements around RSCs. Wdyt?

Storing React state in the URL with Next.js – Previous week's edition featured a link discussing the benefits of storing state in the URL. This article takes it to the next level, explaining tips and tricks on how to achieve this using React state in Next.js

Next.js vs. React Performance – Comparing rendering, code splitting, SSG, and SEO. In my opinion it’s apples to oranges but still interesting to read.

🎥 Build a Course & LMS Platform – With Next 13, React and Prisma. You won’t get through this in one sitting but I think that just by skimming through the chapters, you can learn some tricks

Exploring React Server Components and Server Actions with Next.js – Introductory guide to Server Components and Server Actions

v0 – After hiring Shadcn a couple of weeks ago, Vercel has now released v0, an AI tool to generate React components powered by shadcn/ui using prompts. Keep this information between us, but I'm pretty sure there's no AI, and it's just Shadcn in front of a computer, creating those React components as fast as he can every time someone sends a prompt 🫢

Sugar High – Super lightweight syntax highlighter for JSX code, 1KB after minified and gizpped

firstissue.dev – A list of accessible issues from popular projects, so developers looking for a new (or first) project to contribute to can get started quickly. The page itself if built with Next.js

A Guide to React Portals – Portals allows you to render components outside the current React tree hierarchy. This article explains how Portals work and how you can use them effectively in your React applications

Why I'm in the Tailwind cult – A followup to the “Why Tailwind won” post from a couple of weeks ago with more reasons to use Tailwind

Building a toast component – Emil is the creator behind Sonner. The, in my opinion, most beautiful toast component for React. This post reflects on the lessons they learned while building Sonner

🧵 Vercel Blob is in beta – Vercel Blob Storage is now finally in public beta. Read this thread to learn more about it