IMO the problem with Next is that it can’t decide whether it wants to be a framework for client side apps that require interactivity or server side rendered mostly static content sites. To support both it has codeveloped some baffling features in React like RSC which have made it far less fun to work with.

“use client”, server actions that aren’t scrutable in a network tab, laggy page transitions, and, until recently, inscrutable hydration errors: these are some of the recent paper cuts I experienced with Next.

I’d still use it for new projects, but I am keen to use TanStack Start when it’s ready

i’m personally really interested in the next wave of frameworks that make local first development intuitive, like One or something that bakes in Zero