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A critical take on Next.js for long-term projects, arguing that upgrade churn, tight coupling to Vercel's ecosystem, and implicit behavior traps create compounding risks around security, reliability, and maintenance over time. The piece advises developers to reconsider Next.js when building systems intended to last.

Don't Use Next.js If You're Building for the Long Term

Shyngys Shynbolatov

I’ve been using Next.js for a long time. Long enough to have shipped real products with it, migrated between major versions, rewritten parts that were “best practice” just a year earlier, and defended it in arguments like it was part of my identity.

<p>I’ve been using Next.js for a long time. Long enough to have shipped real products with it, migrated between major versions, rewritten parts that were “best practice” just a year earlier, and defended it in arguments like it was part of my identity.</p>