#3: Next.js 13.3, Vercel Fiasco, Crash Course, AgentGPT, Lucia, Supabase

Next.js 13.3 – Version 13.3 is out and brings several amazing features such as dynamic open graph images, advanced static exports, parallel routes and interception and more. Also this is the last minor release before App Router is marked as stable. Checkout these threads to get a better grasp of the released features:

• File-based Metadata API visually explained
• useReportWebVitals – A new hook for sending Core Web Vitals metrics to your own backend or Vercel Analytics
• Parallel Routes and Interception by example
• Parallel/Intercepted Routes demo – A mind-blowing use case for Nextjs 13.3's parallel/intercepting routes + guide and Github repo

We Need To Talk About Vercel – Every service has its pros and cons, and Vercel is no exception. This article sheds light on some technical issues with its CDN product and the less than ideal customer support received in addressing them.

🎥 Next.js 13 Crash Course | App Directory, React Server Components & More – Complete crash course by Traversy Media to NextJS version 13 and its new features such as the app directory structure, routing, React Server Components vs client components, layouts and more.

🎥 Build and Deploy a Full Stack Realtime Chat Messaging App with NextJS 13 – Learn how to build a real-time chat app with Next.js 13, Upstash and Pusher. The video is 8 hours long but it's definitely worth it.

🐦 Set up React Server Components WITHOUT Next.js – Learn how React Server Components work under the hood in 1 minute

AgentGPT – This is next level! AgentGPT allows you to configure and deploy Autonomous AI agents. Give your AI agent a goal and watch as it thinks, comes up with an execution plan and takes actions. It’s built with Next.js and the T3 stack and is fully open source.

Vercel Edge Functions + Database Latency – Super useful website by Vercel to compare database latencies and end to end latencies from a user perspective. It also helps you visualize whether your Edge Functions should run globally or regionally

Route Handlers support in NextAuth – In line with the release of Next.js 13.3, there was also an update to NextAuth. You can now initialize NextAuth inside the `app/` directory

Lucia – If you don’t like NextAuth you should give Lucia a try. It’s a flexible authentication library with TypeScript support that provides you with all the building blocks for setting up auth just the way you want it - kind of like a modern Passport.js

Supabase - Launch Week 7 – Don't miss out on all the amazing tools and features Supabase is announcing during their launch week. So far, they have released an open-source logging server, an Edge Runtime that can be self-hosted, and resumable uploads for Supabase Storage. The launch week is still ongoing until Friday, so we can expect even more

How Vercel found product-market-fit – This Podcast is all about the fascinating journey of Vercel. Guillermo Rauch (Vercel CEO) shares how they achieved product-market fit, built a strong user base, and explored the potential of open source technologies for commercial success.

Vercel Edge Config is now generally available – Edge Config is now available to every Vercel user. You can think of it as a super fast storage for all your config related data. Use it to implement A/B testing or feature flags.

Deploys Are the WRONG Way to Change User Experience – Matching the announcement about Edge Config and its use case for feature flags, I want to share this amazing article by Charity Majors about why you should use feature flags to release new features