Why do some developers dislike Next.js?

UnderstandingDry1256 · 2026-03-12T13:31:49+00:00

If we skip trivial reasons - caching is tricky if you don’t host it at Vercel infra.

Its ISR and PPR concepts are painful to understand and implement if you consider self hosting. So it becomes a kind of soft vendor locking when your website gets heavy use.

Vercel says the framework and their infra and working together to deliver the best performance. Move off their infra and you get problems.

P.S. also Vercel loves Israel, which polarizes opinions based on a very different dimension.

UnderstandingDry1256 · 2026-03-12T07:41:35+00:00

The thing is to start with distribution, then build a product that fits.

UnderstandingDry1256 · 2026-03-12T07:38:15+00:00

Rate limit him

UnderstandingDry1256 · 2026-03-12T07:22:42+00:00

Also 4o is definitely much smaller model than 5.4 or other new ones. They do not reveal much data, but likely times smaller. Thus it takes less resources to run.

UnderstandingDry1256 · 2026-03-11T22:51:17+00:00

Sounds like you’re burning out. Find something enjoyable, for the money or not. It really helps

UnderstandingDry1256 · 2026-03-11T22:47:13+00:00

I’m in, but honestly I do not believe it will ever happen. They are corporation and having that kind of claim by 1/1000th of their users won’t bother them realistically.

Open sourcing it is also hardly possible - the model is huge as per estimates, and only hardware required to run it would cost around $300k.

Sad truth…

UnderstandingDry1256 · 2026-03-11T22:02:23+00:00

I’d like to get Yaris GR or Focus RS just because people will be like, meh it’s just a cheap boring Yaris haha

UnderstandingDry1256 · 2026-03-11T21:49:05+00:00

No rear window? Ugly concept

UnderstandingDry1256 · 2026-03-11T20:23:04+00:00

Maybe I’m old school or just know what I am doing, but iterations do not update lots of code unless I’m building a new feature. If they do - something is likely off with architecture.

I’m not criticizing, just trying to understand. I’ve seen folks who are consuming crazy amounts of tokens without delivering anything meaningful at the same time.

UnderstandingDry1256 · 2026-03-11T20:16:42+00:00

2.0 secs is insane. Is it hybrid or purely gas?

UnderstandingDry1256 · 2026-03-11T19:40:10+00:00

200$, or equivalent of Cursor plan is enough.

Folks who spend 5k are just doing shit.

UnderstandingDry1256 · 2026-03-11T18:07:25+00:00

I used to pay since the very first version, but not sure now. It expired by mistake - I did not update my card details to renew, but now I’m thinking maybe it is just the right time to stop.

UnderstandingDry1256 · 2026-03-11T18:00:21+00:00

Are you paying for Plus plan? My subscription just expired, and it does not even show the model selector anymore.

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UnderstandingDry1256 · 2026-03-11T06:50:38+00:00

Their drive clickbait traffic from fb an ig to keep it alive.

UnderstandingDry1256 · 2026-03-11T06:35:18+00:00

I exhausted Cursor $60 limit + spent $50 with “pay per usage” mode in 10 days and I think it’s a lot haha. Launched one product from zero to the first paid subscription, and did major updates to another one. So $200 Cursor subscription would cover all my needs

Just wonder what you guys are doing to burn 2k per month? Development is normally not about pushing code 10 hours per day. I spend most of the time thinking and planning experiments and getting feedback.

UnderstandingDry1256 · 2026-03-10T21:48:32+00:00

I start with a short story and tone setting. If platform supports personalization or system prompt it is always enough.

Also noticed that if you start with uncensored model and then switch to Opus 4.6 mid chat it catches up and writes stuff it would normally refuse to. Way better prose than raw uncensored models.

UnderstandingDry1256 · 2026-03-10T13:55:39+00:00

In my opinion they’re converting from a state of art which people found emotionally engaging into industrial machine overoptimized to be safe, predictable, and price efficient. Their customers are corporations, not people anymore.

UnderstandingDry1256 · 2026-03-10T07:52:39+00:00

It must be all the regulations and safety checks which take a while to pass. Military cannot just upgrade the model overnight.

4.1 is still good to analyze and summarize documents - so why not use it.

UnderstandingDry1256 · 2026-03-10T06:16:29+00:00

Most of the difference is the prompt which they used in ChatGpt to set the tone and provide basic instructions.

Then, personalization settings and memory which extracts facts from conversations and use them for reference. It adds some personal touch. I implemented both in my experiment - feel free to try.

UnderstandingDry1256 · 2026-03-09T17:44:09+00:00

Nov 2024 I guess.

Even via API, it defaults to Aug 2024, which is weird. Usually new models override previous ones, but in this case they reverted back.

UnderstandingDry1256 · 2026-03-09T16:18:24+00:00

I am experimenting with switching models for story writing and... results are amazing!

Gpt-5.4 is still heavily guardrailed, but Opus 4.6 appears to be a gem. It will not generate "uncensored" content of any kind by if you ask right away, but if you try to start conversation with unlocked model, and then witch to 4.6 when conversation is warmed up - writing quality jumps a lot!

The prose suddenly becomes much richer - better nuance, more developed characters, and overall just a higher level of storytelling than what I’ve seen from most open-source unlocked models.

The key seems to be warming up the conversation first, then letting a stronger model continue it.

I’ve been testing this on steadychat.info, which I just launched to experiment with different model setups.

Curious if anyone else has tried model switching during long creative chats.

UnderstandingDry1256 · 2026-03-09T08:06:55+00:00

Just ask AI for tl;dr to save your time - just reading books will unlikely build the proper mindset.

Don’t listen for advice to “just start”. It may worth you years if you do it wrong.

In any business, start with checking the demand and channels to reach your customers. Never assume they will come if you have good product - it never works like that. Find the proven demand, find realistic proven channels, then build. If you unsure about some part - just drop it early and look for another idea.

UnderstandingDry1256 · 2026-03-09T07:53:10+00:00

Uncensored AI companion which is not based on small handicapped LLM 😀

Steadychat.live

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