Changelog News Next.js is infuriating
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Sep 2, 2025 Dominik Meca shares his frustrations with Next.js, highlighting its convoluted architecture and limited extensibility. Josh Bressers emphasizes the critical role of individual maintainers in open source, while Huon Wilson showcases the handy 'Copy as cURL' tool for debugging. Herman Martinus discusses Bear's shift to a source-available model, and Nawaz Dhandala tackles the widespread issue of dependency bloat, revealing its complexities and impact on developers. Tune in for an insightful look into the challenges and innovations in the coding world!
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Opinionated Framework Friction
- Dominic Mecca argues Next.js enforces vision-driven choices that frustrate users with limited extensibility.
- The community response on the issue tracker and Hacker News shows widespread agreement and pain points.
Open Source Often Means One Maintainer
- Josh Bressers highlights that much of critical open source is maintained by a single person, not entire teams.
- He uses Ecosystems and npm download data to show solo maintainers power many widely used projects.
Use Copy As cURL Carefully
- Use browser devtools' Copy as cURL to reproducibly capture and replay exact requests for debugging and communication.
- Beware of accidentally sharing secrets and the verbosity of full-request dumps when pasting output.