Engineering series · 2 articles
A foundation you can own.
Two connected articles on building a product with a stack you can understand, change and keep. From server rendering to types across the whole app.
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Start with the small frontend, then connect the whole application.
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Farewell, Next.js: Server-Rendered React in Five Dependencies →
Next.js became the default — and then the tax. React 19's Server Components are now a primitive you can assemble yourself. We built a server-rendered React stack with five dependencies, end-to-end types with no tRPC, and an architecture that scales by removing tiers instead of adding them.
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Farewell, Next.js — Part Two: Types All the Way Down →
Part one left us with a small, server-rendered React frontend. Part two is the full-stack half of the bet: end-to-end types with no tRPC and no TanStack, a server that stays the single source of truth, and — because the stack is so light — a web app you install on a phone and can't tell from native.
6 min read
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