Special guest Tim Neutkens from Vercel joins the discussion on Next.js updates, React Compiler, and Server Components. Topics include managing Context, migration challenges, Async Client Components, TurboPack bundler, and collaboration between NextJS and React teams.

Jimmy Lai, Software Engineering Manager, and Tim Neutkens, Tech Lead for Next.js, dive into the exciting advancements of Next.js 15. They discuss the seamless integration of TurboPack, which significantly speeds up development by reducing recompilation times. The duo also covers the introduction of async request APIs, enhancing dynamic content management. With a focus on the collaboration between Next.js and React 19, they highlight improvements in pre-rendering and form handling, setting the stage for a more efficient web development experience.

In this episode, Tim Neutkens discusses the release of Next.js 13.4, Chris Ferdinandi explores the transitional web and the future of JavaScript frameworks, and Kent C. Dodds talks about the importance of type safety in fully typed web applications.

Tim Neutkens, Co-Author and Engineering Manager at Next.js, returns to talk about all the new features in Next.js 14, including the shift from PHP to Next.js, server components in React, TRPC and Next JS in the T3 Stack, and partial rendering and Next.js data cache.

Tim Neutkens, Next.js lead at Vercel, talks about the Next.js App Router and new features from the latest release. They discuss core values and design principles, the power of server components in React and Next.js, collaboration between Chrome and Next.js teams, and the impact of lazy loading images. Excitement about Next.js in the ecosystem and potential integrations with hooks and data fetching are also mentioned.