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Good write up, and the author certainly seems to really know their stuff.
I still like using Next, though. Some nitpicks:
> Elements that could change need to be inside a client component, but data fetching cannot happen on the client components, even during SSR on the backend. This results in awkwardly small server components that only do data fetching and then have a client component that contains a mostly-static version of the page
That's one way to do it.
I like flipping it, though - most of the page is a server component, with awkwardly small client components that sprinkle in just enough JS for things that need interactivity (such as optimistic updates from the above quote).
> Since the App Router starts every page as a server component, with (ideally) small areas of interactivity, a navigation to a new page has to fetch the Next.js server, regardless of what data the client already has available!
This is true, and something that Remix v1/v2 did a lot better than Next.
Can't agree that Tailwind is popular because it forces you to setup a centralized config file (although I guess that is nice).
It's because, as ugly as a long line of inline classes can be, it's easy to know exactly what styles are being applied to an element. Especially when there are more than 1 or 2 devs writing styles.
I don't know. Sure, examples could be nice. But an article can be imperfect and still be interesting or useful. Also, it's easy to say come up with examples, but I find it hard sometimes.
In any case, I find it a nice article. Will it change how I write code? Maybe, maybe not. But it will change how I review code and talk about abstraction.
My only quibble is that it’s certainly possible to choose React (or any popular solution to a problem) without considering other options too much, and still care about craft.
As I said, everyone's experience has been different. Sorry you've had a bad experience in SF. This just hasn't been my experience (no gaslighting involved...)
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