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What I love about Next.js is not having to think about hosting, webpack, hosting, typescript, scss, and so on. It just works.

I initially fought to get SSR working, fixing hydration errors and making sure our code was isomorphic.

I later realized that I can just use the parts of Next.js we need and turned off SSR. It wasn't a big value add for our particular product.

But doing this wasn't straightforward. I hadn't even realized it was a possibility until I stumbled across a blog post.

I had to copy a NoSSR implementation of the internet. It wasn't just some flag I could toggle for a page.

I've also found myself recommending Next to folks saying "Use Next.js, but btw you don't need use SSR. Make sure the trade-offs make sense."

I'm curious if I'm in the minority of Next.js users. What percentage of them don't need SSR but value everything else?




FWIW, not currently using Next.js, but I'm someone who values everything else but not necessarily SSR. I've been eyeing to use Next.js in SPA mode. There are dozens of us!




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