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		nicoburns on March 24, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to start a React Project in 2023 The obvious question is: what's the advantage of using Next (over, say Vite) if you're not doing SSR?

crubier on March 24, 2023 | [–]

Clean architecture, common patterns, lots of docs, fast compilation, horizontal scalability (one bundle per page), etc.

satvikpendem on March 24, 2023 | [–]

If you ever wanted to migrate to SSR, the path is open with Next, unlike Vite (without a lot of extra configuration).

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