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Next.js is infuriating (News)
Sep 2, 2025 · 8 min · 8.1 MB
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Dominik Meca is infuriated by Next.js, Josh Bressers explains why open source is just one person, Huon Wilson describes the usefulness of “Copy as cURL”, Herman Martinus re-licenses Bear, and Nawaz Dhandala unpacks why dependency bloat is such a pervasive problem.
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- 0:00What up, Waterboy nerds?
- 0:46Next.js is infuriating
- 1:43Open source is one person
- 3:05Why "Copy as cURL" is so useful
- 4:01Sponsor: Zed
- 5:00Bear is now source-available
- 6:23The hidden costs of dependency bloat
- 7:20That's the news for now