Next.js Is Infuriating

Posted4 months agoActive4 months ago

thunderbong

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The author expresses frustration with using Next.js, a popular React framework, and the discussion revolves around whether the frustration is justified and whether the framework is worth using.

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latchkey

4 months ago

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Don't use it. Seriously. Just stop. The amount of time you took to try to debug and rant about it was greater than the amount of time you could have used to just build 10 new features.

ashwinsundar

4 months ago

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More people need to talk about the disaster that is Next.js, to counter the massive amount of sheer nonsense and propaganda being spewed by pro Next.js-ers. Our sole purpose in this career isn't to pump out "10 more features" or whatever, it's to also explain why certain engineering solutions are bad.

If that offends you, maybe consider not reading things that offend you. Or be less easily offended by light criticism.

latchkey

4 months ago

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Maybe you took my comment the wrong way? I'm not a fan of NextJS, at all.

ashwinsundar

4 months ago

I probably did, sorry about that. Turns out people are finally starting to lavish NextJS with the criticism it deserves, based on all the comments here -> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45099922

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