[synergy20]

React used to be fine when next.js was a separate effort, now Vercel hijacked the project, and making things even more complex by mixing SSR and CSR, there is a learning cost associated when things and concepts getting larger unnecessarily.

[text0404]

how has vercel/ssr highjacked react?

at work, our backend is c++ and we use react without nextjs or any ssr. if we don't need it, we don't use it.

[synergy20]

the newest react is now _strongly_ recommending you start a new react project using next.js, vercel hired many of the react developers for its SSR oriented business, etc.

[text0404]

ok, that makes sense (i also don't like the official recommendation to use next).