Comment by runjake
3 days ago
This is one reason why I avoid Next.js. Don't design your future projects around specific platforms. Things happen. Make sure you can pick up your code and go somewhere else.
Edit: Strange I would get so many downvotes for this. Care to explain? I think the effective Next.js lock-in is well documented. Yeah you can technically run it on arbitrary platforms with substantial work and continued maintenance, but you're working against the tide.
Next.js was once very useful to me, and now I am converting all my projects to Open NextJs.
I agree. There are too many platforms these days that support just uploading a Docker container. You can take those anywhere.
>Strange I would get so many downvotes for this. Care to explain?
The terminally online developer cares very much about signaling his love of artisanal webshit. He makes his chosen flavor of the month JavaScript framework, and by extension, the "platform" used to host it, part of his identity. Maybe his favorite mustachioed "influencer" shills it on YouTube with a coupon code for 50% off your first month, or maybe an idol with 700k Twitter followers says it's the framework (and not his fanboys) that makes him $200k monthly passive income from side projects. Branded laptop stickers are a guarantee, maybe even a hoodie. So when he encounters a rational, level-headed observation like yours, he takes it as a jab at his beloved Vercel Inc., benevolent maintainer of Next.js valued at $3.25bn with the best customer support in the industry, and hits "downvote". His job is done.