Do you think NextJS makes you 10x productive as a web developer?

[bparanj]

If so, what are the reasons you think it is 10x productive? I appreciate your feedback on this topic.

[thibautsabot]

Hello!

I'm not sure where this "10x" is coming from ^^.
Next.js does make your life way easier, no doubt about it.

If you try to handle SSR and SSG by hand (which is only a small part of what Next.js can do), you'll probably end up with a super complex and "flaky" codebase.
You also have TypeScript, CSS-in-JS, CSS Modules, Webpack config, etc... out of the box.

This is a great abstraction to start fast and not waste any time with tool configuration.

For performance, you got automatic Image optimisation, code splitting, auto polyfill etc..

And most importantly, you have a great community and a core team dedicated to innovation and improvements!

[GabenGar]

No, but it makes writing hybrid applications at least 10x less annoying. If you want to have server and client render logic within the same codebase you'll either have to make major tradeoffs or write a ton of server boilerplate from scratch.