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A developer attempts to migrate a Next.js application from Vercel to Cloudflare and Netlify, spending 8 hours adding edge runtime exports and debugging mysterious failures. After encountering white screens on Cloudflare and random 404s on Netlify, they return to Vercel where everything works immediately. The experience reveals that while Next.js claims platform agnosticism, it's deeply optimized for Vercel's infrastructure—features like ISR, image optimization, and edge middleware expect Vercel's specific implementation. The lesson: choosing Next.js means choosing Vercel, as the framework's design creates a gradient of friction that makes migration technically possible but practically painful.

I Spent 8 Hours Proving I Was Wrong

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