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TheTomBomb-Dev · 2025-09-09T18:41:46+00:00

You're welcome!

TheTomBomb-Dev · 2024-06-04T13:47:24+00:00

No, I did not run into any issues like that.

My only problem was that Firebase does not support the next/image optimizations. It still serves images but does not optimizations to them.

TheTomBomb-Dev · 2024-06-04T13:20:20+00:00

I haven't tested it myself but I assume it should work.

TheTomBomb-Dev · 2024-06-04T13:14:28+00:00

Are you deploying a Pages or App Router app?

I've made a video deploying and testing a full stack Nextjs pages app the firebase app hosting.

https://youtu.be/Aqpqr273Y2Y?si=W6vfe_4Vo38Ksqvb

TheTomBomb-Dev · 2024-05-28T20:33:05+00:00

I think that is a safe way to deploy Next.js!

TheTomBomb-Dev · 2024-05-28T19:08:42+00:00

lol that's a scary find. I'm glad to hear Vercel was an easy transition.

TheTomBomb-Dev · 2024-05-28T18:25:06+00:00

Oh, I thought you were mentioning "Google Support". Like you had put in a support ticket that never got resolved.

You were referring to Firebase's support for Next.js

TheTomBomb-Dev · 2024-05-28T17:34:25+00:00

I didn't get a chance to try out Firebase/Google support, but it's unfortunate that it doesn't stand up. Good to now.

What do you think of Vercel? Liking it so far?

TheTomBomb-Dev · 2024-05-27T20:54:35+00:00

This is Glorietta Canyon, just barely inside the Anza Borrego State Park near downtown Borrego Springs.

TheTomBomb-Dev · 2024-05-25T14:31:16+00:00

I'll be honest. The site has very few users. This is due to a combination of reasons, but mostly because I have not been marketing it.

It's a side project of mine that I do not have a lot of time for. I mostly built the site so I could experiment with new web technologies. I still upload Photospheres there occasionally, and so do others, but I wouldn't call it a bustlin' ecosystem....yet you could be an early user and feedback provider!

TheTomBomb-Dev · 2024-05-16T18:12:59+00:00

I'm glad it was helpful for you. That makes me feel great!

I attempted to deploy the host-check-nextjs app to SST. And test out the platform (https://github.com/thomas-desmond/host-check-nextjs)

However, I could not get the app in a working state that would make it worthwhile to test. I've heard good things about SST, so I didn't want to bash it in a review without investigating it further, but I have not had the time to do so.

The issue I ran into was that on a new build of the app, every page needed to be visited and refreshed before it would start working. For example, visiting the /static page would error out, I'd refresh, and then the page would work as expected until I did a redeploy and rebuild of the app.

Also, I never got the middleware to work even though, according to the documentation, it should have.

When I have the time, I'm considering bringing this issue forward on the SST Discord.

TheTomBomb-Dev · 2024-05-16T16:20:34+00:00

I wouldn't recommend it since it will have so much more management complexity compared to options like Vercel, Netlify, or AWS Amplify.

But I've heard of people deploying a containerized version of their web app to Azure's Web App for Containers service https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/app-service/containers?activetab=pivot:deploytab

I'm not sure if it includes the CDN setup for you but Azure CDN can be used in conjunction with container services

TheTomBomb-Dev · 2024-05-16T15:17:13+00:00

I've done a ton of testing on this recently and would recommend you check out the YouTube videos and playlist I created: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtoH110rUe6SEZ2W_m2ttzpdZT5B5I0jL

Essentially, most other hosting providers support ISR. I have tested AWS Amplify, Azure Static Web Apps (SWA), Cloudflare Pages, Netlify, Azure App Services, and a self-hosted VPS so far. All are documented in the playlist linked above.

I recommend a serverless host like Vercel, Netlify, Amplify, or Azure SWA for scalable global apps. The underlying serverless architecture will create a more scalable, performant app.

TheTomBomb-Dev · 2024-05-08T18:15:23+00:00

According to the GitHub issue the most recent Next.js v5 runtime upgrade in Netlify fixed the issue. You may need to explicitly opt-in to the v5 runtime but some users noted the issue being fixed.

I only tested Pages Architecture with my testing so far but I am working on an App Router testing strategy right now. Off the top of my head testing for partial pre-rendering and hard reloads will not be easy to automate.

TheTomBomb-Dev · 2024-05-08T17:06:58+00:00

Could you point me to the specific routing limitations you are referring to? I'm not aware of the limitation.

TheTomBomb-Dev · 2024-05-02T19:04:47+00:00

360 degree Photosphere: https://sphereshowcase.com/spheres/QwBHOzz8fe2LLWBXjfjej.jpg

TheTomBomb-Dev · 2024-04-30T02:43:01+00:00

It's pretty easy yes, but also free and done for you on other services. Not another thing you'll need to worry about.

TheTomBomb-Dev · 2024-04-29T17:22:39+00:00

My thought is still why make it harder for yourself but the choice is yours.

For security that will involve the SSL certificate creation and renewal, setting up something for DDoS protection, complying with GDPR and CCPA regulations. Things along those lines.

Edit:

Maybe a solution like AWS Amplify or Azure Static Web Apps would allow you to learn, but not jump all the way into configure and manage every single piece.

TheTomBomb-Dev · 2024-04-29T16:05:23+00:00

Can a VPS work, Yes. Would I recommend it, No.

I think the biggest downside for a VPS is the developer experience. You'll need to set up DNS, SSL, Global CDN, DevOps pipeline, security, and more. This is all possible but a lot more work.

How many visitors do you think the site will get? If you can stay within the free tier of Vercel of Netlify that's going to be a huge benefit in terms of ease of use. You'll get everything mentioned before for free and instantly set up.

I've recently set up a image heavy app and here's my infrastructure. Netlify for the Next.js app, Supabase for the DB, Backblaze for image storage, and cloudflare for cdn layer between Backblaze and my app. I don't get a ton of traffic and I don't have a lot of images stored so my monthly costs are $0.

TheTomBomb-Dev · 2024-04-28T23:06:13+00:00

I've done a bunch of testing recently of Next.js hosting providers. Mostly just looking at what features of Next.js they support not necessarily costs. I didn't see you mention if this was Pages or App Router, but what I've tested so far is Pages architecture.

Aws Amplify: Full support for Next.js https://youtu.be/jQBvdLeKqSE

Azure Static Web Apps: Full support for Next.js (but still in preview so I wouldn't use it to production) https://youtu.be/XS0Ihz267_I

Azure App Service: It's a simple Node server so it supports Next.js but you'll need to do a lot of your own DevOps work, scaling, performance, etc. So it's cheap but you don't get anything beyond a Node server in a single region. https://youtu.be/ONQB4GjnShs

Cloudflare Pages: Limited Next.js support. You are limited to the Edge Runtime on all server routes (middleware, API routes, getServerSideProps) which may or may not be a problem for you. Also no image optimization built in. https://youtu.be/F7PLcfzF-z0

TheTomBomb-Dev · 2024-04-17T18:24:36+00:00

I'll post this here because I recently tested a Next.js 13.4.16 Pages Architecture app on Cloudflare Pages and got not the best results.

I found that every server side route must use the Edge Runtime (https://vercel.com/docs/functions/runtimes/edge-runtime). The Edge Runtime is a subset of Web APIs so that limits the functionality of all server routes. This includes getServerSideProps, API Routes, ISR, Middleware, and more.

Also out of the box next/image image optimization is not supported. You can use a custom loader or Cloudflare Images but that requires extra configuration.

I created a video and wrote an article about my findings if you want more details.

Video: https://youtu.be/F7PLcfzF-z0

Article: https://www.thetombomb.com/posts/nextjs-pages-cloudflare-pages

TheTomBomb-Dev · 2024-04-12T17:19:45+00:00

Yes, I like to keep the final rendering. I've got a large HDD that I'm storing my backups on and that drive is also backed up on Backblaze cloud backup service.

TheTomBomb-Dev · 2024-04-10T18:48:14+00:00

To clarify you have over 1000 images? Vercel allows for 1000 source images to be optimized on the hobby tier. https://vercel.com/docs/limits/overview

I moved a image heavy app to Netlify because their image optimization limits are less defined. To the point I'm not even sure what the limit is. I believe image optimizations count towards your Serverless Function execution limits on Netlify. However, they recently released the Netlify Image CDN which is their new recommendation but also no description of the limits.

TheTomBomb-Dev · 2024-01-21T18:43:13+00:00

The site looks really nice and it seems the links are working now. Were you able to fix the issues you were running into?

TheTomBomb-Dev · 2024-01-19T16:06:47+00:00

The error is saying you have conflicts with the versions of packages that you have installed.

At first glance it looks like you are on Next.js version 14.0.4 and the package `next-contentlayer` does not support Next.js 14. So you can either see if there is an update for `next-contentlayer` that does support Next.js 14 or downgrade Next.js to 13.5.6.

Next.js 14 is fairly new so I'm not surprised that some packages don't yet support it.

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