[teryyy]

It claims 60% faster subsequent builds (63% for Scale), but how much can an ordinary side-project gain? (let's say, 100 component files?)

[cyral]

I run a pretty complex web app and haven't upgraded to webpack 5 yet with Next. I have some custom webpack stuff so hopefully the migration isn't too painful, but I will report back with the compilation time improvement once done.

[leerob]

Support for webpack 5 has been a multi-month rollout ensuring backwards compatibility. If you do run into issues, please add a reproduction here and we will investigate!

https://github.com/vercel/next.js/discussions/23498

[williamstein]

Also in the blogpost is the great news: "We're excited to announce Tobias Koppers, the author of webpack, has joined the Next.js team". Thanks for hiring him to ensure webpacks continued support and development!