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Disclosure
Masad: Replit Agent will avoid Next.js because it is optimized for Vercel
“I said, no, because we want to bet on something like Vite that is open, like community builds and the way Next.js has been trending is that it's optimized for Vercel.”
Amjad Masad Mar 25, 2025 ▶ 19:44 Amjad Masad on Replit, AI Agents, and the Death of Traditional Software.
Opinion
Rauch: Vercel should have pre-notified auth partners before Next.js CVE release
“I think we should have notified those people before that CVE went out so that they could have had the opportunity to, like, look at what the impact would have been to their projects and things like that.”
Guillermo Rauch Mar 26, 2025 ▶ 2:21 Guillermo Rauch on the Next.js Drama, AI-Driven Dev, Vercel’s v0, and the Future of Frontend.
Opinion
Rauch: Vercel should have partnered better with Netlify and Cloudflare on Next.js CVE
“And again, we could have done a much better job at partnering with companies like Netlify and Cloudflare who host Next.js as well.”
Guillermo Rauch Mar 26, 2025 ▶ 2:39 Guillermo Rauch on the Next.js Drama, AI-Driven Dev, Vercel’s v0, and the Future of Frontend.
Disclosure
Rauch: Vercel is partnering with competitors to support Next.js offerings
“We're actually also partnering with companies that are even competitors over sell to help them manage Next.js better when they want to create an offering like that.”
Guillermo Rauch Mar 26, 2025 ▶ 33:25 Guillermo Rauch on the Next.js Drama, AI-Driven Dev, Vercel’s v0, and the Future of Frontend.
Assertion Partly supported
Rauch: Midjourney Self-Hosts Next.js
“Midjourney, speaking of which, is that Next.js user, that self-hosts Next.js, extremely proud of that.”
Guillermo Rauch Mar 26, 2025 ▶ 29:35 Guillermo Rauch on the Next.js Drama, AI-Driven Dev, Vercel’s v0, and the Future of Frontend.
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Rauch: Next.js has millions of MAUs, Vercel hosts tens of millions of apps
“We have millions of monthly active developers on Next.js tens of millions of applications deployed at the Vercel platform.”
Guillermo Rauch Mar 26, 2025 ▶ 1:13 Guillermo Rauch on the Next.js Drama, AI-Driven Dev, Vercel’s v0, and the Future of Frontend.
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