Best of tanstack — January 2026

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   Theo - t3․gg·14w

   I moved off of Next.js

   A detailed account of migrating T3 Chat from Next.js to TanStack Start, driven by technical requirements rather than framework dissatisfaction. The original Next.js setup involved hacking React Router into Next.js for a client-first experience, which worked but wasn't sustainable. After exploring multiple alternatives (Remix, Vite+Hono, Cloudflare Workers), the team chose TanStack Start for better client-side routing, frontend-backend synchronization, and team ownership. The migration required 14,000 lines added and 10,000 removed, plus patching TanStack Start itself and moving API routes to Nitro to handle scaling issues. The move wasn't about Next.js being bad, but about finding a framework that better matched their specific needs for a fast, client-focused chat application while keeping frontend and backend deployments synchronized.

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   Article

   Neon·12w

   Building TanStack.com with Neon and TanStack (duh)

   TanStack.com runs on its own stack: TanStack Start as the full-stack framework, TanStack Query for data fetching, and Neon with Drizzle for Postgres persistence. The setup powers documentation and community features serving millions of visitors. Neon integrates seamlessly through the TanStack Start CLI, offering instant database provisioning with a claim-later workflow, automatic compute autoscaling, and branching for development. The architecture uses a serverless runtime with React frontend and Postgres backend, requiring minimal configuration.

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