Key insights

• 🔒 Updates on Forell's firewalls and feature flags
• 👍 Not a sponsored video, genuine thoughts and beliefs expressed
• ⚠️ Importance of improved firewalls and feature flags for website security
• 📱 Implications of feature flags being client-side vs server-side
• 🚀 Excitement around the release of Next.js 15, still in RC stage
• ⚛️ Next.js RC supports React 19 with new features for client and server
• 🛠️ Support for React compiler in Next.js, making adoption and configuration easier
• 🚨 Improved hydration errors with actual useful error messages for debugging
• 🔄 Overhauled caching mechanism to align better with community needs
• 💾 Heavy caching issues on Next.js, Fetch API caching updates, Client router caching adjustments
• 📊 Default behaviors and route handlers caching, Impact of caching on server-side rendering
• 🚦 Partial pre-rendering enhances user experience by caching static pages for faster loading
• ⏳ Versel's 'wait until' and 'next after' features improve server-side behavior
• 👩‍💻 Contributions from developers like Lu enhance server-side components in Next.js and Versel
• 📈 Introduction of 'unstable_after' for non-blocking logging and benefits for analytics
• 🎨 Overhaul of 'create next app' template for a more minimal and cleaner look
• ⚡ Discussion about Turbo adoption and its progression towards being default and production-ready
• 🐢 Slow progress of turbo pack for production builds, Updates on optimizing bundling of external packages and caching bytecode for improved performance
• ⚙️ Performance improvement in Pages router, Continued support for Pages router
• 🔮 Exciting developments expected for the future

Q&A

• What were the updates on the progress of turbo pack for production builds and improvements in Pages router performance?

  The video mentioned that the progress of turbo pack for production builds is slow and uncertain, provided updates on optimizing bundling of external packages and caching bytecode for improved performance, highlighted a performance improvement in the Pages router, and stated that the support for the Pages router will continue, with exciting developments expected for the future.

• What were the new contributions and updates in coding frameworks and tools discussed in the video?

  The video talked about the introduction of 'unstable_after' for logging and benefits for analytics, the overhaul of the 'create next app' template for a more minimal and cleaner look, and had a discussion about Turbo adoption and its progression towards being default and production-ready.

• How does partial pre-rendering improve user experience, and what features in Versel enhance server-side behavior?

  Partial pre-rendering was discussed as a way to enhance user experience by caching static pages for faster loading and enabling incremental adoption. The video also mentioned Versel's 'wait until' feature, which prevents server instances from dying before post-request processing is's completed, and the 'next after' feature that cues up post-request processing to start after the response is sent, improving server-side behavior.

• What improvements were mentioned about Next.js caching in the video?

  The video highlighted heavy caching issues on Next.js and touched on default behaviors and route handlers caching, the impact of caching on server-side rendering, and the expected improvements in caching, including Fetch API and client router caching updates, in Next.js 15. It also mentioned future enhancements in caching.

• What were the highlights of Next.js 15 discussed in the video?

  The video discussed the release of Next.js 15, which is still in the Release Candidate (RC) stage. It pointed out that Next.js RC supports React 19 with new features, supports the React compiler, provides improved hydration errors with actual useful error messages for debugging, and has overhauled caching mechanisms aligned with community needs.

• What updates were discussed regarding firewalls and feature flags?

  The video presented genuine thoughts and beliefs about Forell's updates on firewalls and feature flags, emphasizing their importance for website security, and discussing the implications of feature flags being client-side versus server-side.

• 00:00 A rundown of recent events including Forell's updates on firewalls, feature flags, and Next.js 15. Not sponsored, genuine thoughts and beliefs expressed. Firewalls and feature flags improvements highlighted. Next.js 15 discussed.
• 03:12 Next.js RC supports React 19, has new features, supports React compiler, improved hydration errors, and overhauled caching. Exciting updates on the horizon.
• 06:30 A review of Next.js caching improvements, including default behaviors, fetch, and client router caching updates. Continued improvements are expected in Next.js 15.
• 09:53 Partial pre-rendering improves user experience by caching static pages and enabling incremental adoption. 'Wait until' and 'next after' features in Versel improve server-side behavior for post-request processing.
• 13:01 Excitement about new contributions and updates in coding frameworks and tools, particularly regarding the introduction of 'unstable_after' for logging and the overhaul of 'create next app' template, as well as discussion about Turbo and its adoption.
• 16:22 The progress of turbo pack for production builds is slow and uncertain. There are updates on optimizing bundling of external packages and caching bytecode for improved performance. Pages router also received a performance improvement. The support for Pages router will continue. Exciting developments are expected for the future.