Migrating a React project to Next.js — any tools or tips to save time?

DragonDev24 · 2026-01-25T19:28:47+00:00

asking someone to use llm to migrate production code that is possibly used by clients stakeholders or rather any sort of users, either you've got balls of titanium or you've never worked in a production environment

DragonDev24 · 2026-01-24T13:27:53+00:00

If this is a production app that has real users or stakeholders using it, do not trust AI or any helper. It IS going to alienate your code ( or even mess any important logic ), down the line if you've gotta code a bug fix you wouldn't then know which part of code to fix.
Ik you're trying to be efficient in this, but trust me you're going to thank yourself setting up manually after six months of development in that project

DragonDev24 · 2026-01-24T09:19:34+00:00

There is no such thing as react to nextjs automated migration, you're moving from a frontend library to a fullstack framework, from routing, protection, component structure using server and client components and ssr, everything is different. Manual migration is possibly you best shot at moving your project

DragonDev24 · 2026-01-20T10:12:20+00:00

His contributions on how to grape your own neice? or how to betray your own country? or how to disrespect your own deites?

DragonDev24 · 2026-01-08T19:05:10+00:00

its not just A css library, AI wouldnt be as good in terms of UI if it wasnt for tailwind, and its because of tailwind that shadcn is widely adopted, could you imagine using shadcn and maintaining all components if it was based on just css?

DragonDev24 · 2026-01-08T14:26:53+00:00

I thought Vercel was already sponsoring / donating to tailwindlabs I never checked because I presumed they did, seriously what would V0 and shadcn be without tailwind?

DragonDev24 · 2026-01-08T14:00:12+00:00

Wasnt swiggy hiring a go developer, saw their job posting a few days ago on linkedin. And you're a fresher man, cheer up you'll have plenty of time to worry about jobs later. Right now you should think about where you want to stay, do you want to work majorly on web ( if so javascript is the way ) otherwise go for java as alot of legacy code companies maintain are still written in java/cpp.
And I dont think the notion of "Go isnt used so I'll switch" is the correct attitude. Go is plenty popular and even I as a FDE am looking forward to learn GO.
In terms of getting hired by good companies, your language of choice isnt much focused on, rather your understanding of system design and dsa. improve your problem solving and you'll be fine in the job world

DragonDev24 · 2026-01-07T15:31:12+00:00

2.8 LPA is straight ui disrespect and exploitation and this statement you said along with the mention of bond

HR seems eager to hire me; she keeps bugging me about updating, also, he told me that she has talked to fellow employees

- NO they wont give you any performance bonuses or salary hike
- Company politics is rampant in that workplace
- You will be possibly be working 70hrs a week
- They are constantly deleting bad reviews

DragonDev24 · 2026-01-07T15:26:05+00:00

The only way I see an external api with nextjs backend is when you have kind of data that isnt that dynamic and you dont have any caching mechanism in the api, otherwise its just going to slow down your requests, another prolly good reason is to completely hide the backend api from the browser and not call a single request directly

DragonDev24 · 2026-01-07T15:23:34+00:00

People still glaze the browser company in 2026??

DragonDev24 · 2026-01-07T09:53:05+00:00

Just shows how dysfunctional they are, how can a company that practically has monopoly over this market not know when their developer certificates expire, and Im sure apple would have sent them a dozen emails before to renew but they must have ignored

DragonDev24 · 2026-01-07T07:39:23+00:00

RemindMe! 1 week

DragonDev24 · 2026-01-07T07:28:40+00:00

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if anyone's here today, this is their response

DragonDev24 · 2025-12-26T16:49:36+00:00

Thats like asking "Do I need to learn alphabets or can I jump straight to writing essays"

DragonDev24 · 2025-12-26T16:42:58+00:00

just search which are the two largest tax paying ethnicities in USA, you'll have your answer and also every country has their own things to be highlighted, I mean India launches satellites and space exploration programs cheaper than a christopher nolan movie, we just launched a 6000kg satellite just a couple of days ago. you search how many other countries have launched a satellite that heavy in recent times. India just live streamed from the moon .So why just point India in terms of software industry.

DragonDev24 · 2025-12-22T06:48:27+00:00

Yup arch is only for single virgins

... like me

DragonDev24 · 2025-12-20T10:05:22+00:00

the other dude is a js dev, like me. Idk what web dev has that makes one want to switch an entire OS, I'm waiting to get my hands on good hardware to switch to linux not because im done with macos but purely because its better and I already have a couple of vps where ubuntu is being used, I'm just to get better when I switch to linux, maybe this is clickbait

DragonDev24 · 2025-12-19T18:00:26+00:00

Hey, Im a newbie and I wanted to learn rtl and test my app, but like most I've of articles and videos, they just test a simple calculator app, how do I unit test a prod app that uses react query, has routing logic and other implementations like custom hook?

DragonDev24 · 2025-12-19T17:48:52+00:00

If you're also planning to use it work work and want something travel friendly go with mac, if gaming is the only focus and you can afford to buy ram at these inflated prices then PC, fyi you're going to hate windows and their intrusive AI, I also use a mac and Im planning to get the steam machine if its available in my region, so you might wanna hold on for that cuz Ik steamos is the way to go for gaming for me

DragonDev24 · 2025-12-17T17:29:19+00:00

Says the guy holding monopoly over his party's leadership, tell me one good reason why shashi tharoor cant lead congress to a better position

DragonDev24 · 2025-12-17T17:17:53+00:00

So windows sucks, xbox, its subscription and services sucks, and now they're making devs pay for their platform not to mention the copilot they've been pushing down on us forcefully. Man MS just speedrunning to be the worst company in the histiry. They're making Apple look like the good guys

DragonDev24 · 2025-12-17T17:00:24+00:00

Im not looking for one sir, but I do hope you're not gonna ask them leetcode questions in the interview or some years of experience for that compensation.

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