Best of Vercel — 2025

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   Auth0·1y

   Build an AI Assistant with LangGraph, Vercel, and Next.js: Use Gmail as a Tool Securely

   Learn how to build a personal AI assistant using LangGraph, Vercel AI SDK, and Next.js. This guide walks through integrating various tools such as Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Drive securely by leveraging Auth0 for authentication and token management. The tutorial covers both unauthenticated tools like calculators and authenticated tools for accessing personal data, exemplified by implementing a Gmail search and draft feature.

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   Vercel·38w

   Introducing Streamdown: Open source Markdown for AI streaming

   Streamdown is a new open source Markdown renderer specifically designed for AI streaming applications. It handles unterminated chunks, interactive code blocks, and math expressions that traditional Markdown packages struggle with. The library includes Tailwind typography styles, GitHub Flavored Markdown support, Shiki syntax highlighting, LaTeX math rendering, and security features for untrusted content. It can be used standalone or as part of Vercel's AI Elements Response component.

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   Vercel·26w

   Support for Elysia

   Vercel now supports automatic detection and deployment of Elysia, a TypeScript framework with end-to-end type safety. When deployed, Vercel automatically provisions optimal resources and uses Node by default, with optional Bun runtime support via configuration. Deployments leverage Fluid compute with Active CPU pricing, charging only for active CPU usage time.

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   ByteGrad·50w

   Build Next.js MCP - Your Website & MCP-Server In 1 App!

   A comprehensive tutorial demonstrating how to build a Next.js application that includes both a traditional website and an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server in a single app. The guide covers creating MCP tools that AI agents can invoke, implementing course recommendation functionality based on user experience level, deploying to Vercel with Redis integration, and testing the MCP server with GitHub Copilot. The tutorial also showcases CodeRabbit for automated code reviews and includes practical examples of AI agent interactions with custom MCP endpoints.

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   Vercel·36w

   Zero-configuration Express backends

   Vercel now supports Express.js applications with zero configuration, eliminating the need for manual setup through vercel.json redirects or using the /api folder. The platform's framework-defined infrastructure automatically recognizes and deploys Express backends, simplifying the deployment process for Node.js web applications.

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   Vercel·43w

   Grep a million GitHub repositories via MCP

   Grep now supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP), allowing AI agents to search over a million public GitHub repositories through a standardized interface. The MCP server can be easily integrated with AI clients like Cursor and Claude, enabling agents to query code patterns and retrieve relevant snippets in real-time. Vercel built the MCP server quickly using their mcp-handler package, which simplifies the process of exposing existing APIs to AI clients.

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   Lobsters·48w

   Next.js 15.1+ is unusable outside of Vercel

   Next.js 15.1+ introduces metadata streaming that breaks SEO for non-Vercel deployments by requiring JavaScript execution to render metadata tags instead of including them in the HTML head. This change forces developers into Vercel's ecosystem, as other hosting providers struggle with incomplete OpenNext adapters. The situation worsens with security vulnerabilities in older versions, creating a dilemma between functionality and security. Static builds are also affected, requiring crawler detection logic just to serve basic metadata.

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   Theo - t3․gg·1y

   Next.js 15.3: A Huge Change for Vercel

   Next.js 15.3 introduces significant improvements and course corrections, including Turbo Pack support for faster builds, a more modular approach with community support for RSpack, and the deployment adapters API for easier deployment on various platforms. These changes aim to enhance performance, modularity, and compatibility with different environments, demonstrating a major shift in Vercel's strategy to accommodate broader developer needs.

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   Josh tried coding·22w

   The AI SDK Killer is Finally Here... (Tanstack AI)

   TanStack AI is a new open-source SDK competing directly with Vercel's AI SDK, offering a unified interface across multiple AI providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini) with automatic type inference and provider-specific options. Built by the team behind React Query, it features multi-provider support, tool calling with automatic execution loops, and framework-agnostic design (React, TypeScript, PHP, Python). The main differentiator is its pure open-source approach with no vendor lock-in or service fees, though it faces an uphill battle against Vercel's established ecosystem that includes AI Elements, accelerator programs, and the AI Gateway.

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    Vercel·27w

    Vercel: The anti-vendor-lock-in cloud

    Framework-defined infrastructure (FDI) allows developers to write code against framework conventions rather than platform-specific primitives, maintaining application portability across different cloud providers. By interpreting framework code and automatically provisioning infrastructure, platforms like Vercel enable developers to use standard development tools without vendor lock-in. Approximately 70% of Next.js applications run outside Vercel, demonstrating this portability in practice. The approach prioritizes open standards, with Next.js Build Adapters formalizing the framework-platform contract and making the same integration APIs available to all platform providers.

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    AI·43w

    I Let AI Be Free, and It Blew My Mind 🤯

    A development team at Decipad replaced their traditional chart-building approach with an AI-powered system that generates data visualizations dynamically. The solution uses a multi-agent architecture where one AI fetches and analyzes data while a specialized Chart Agent generates secure, production-ready chart code. Key technical components include Sandpack for secure code execution, automatic error recovery mechanisms, and persistent chart storage. The system allows AI to create custom visualizations using libraries like eCharts without predefined constraints, resulting in more flexible and creative data presentations than traditional fixed chart options.

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    Vercel·21w

    Reduced prices for TLDs .site, .space, .website, .fun, .online, .store, .tech

    Vercel Domains has reduced pricing for seven TLDs: .site, .space, .website, .fun, .online, and .store are now $1.99 (down from $2.99-$4.99), while .tech is now $7.99 (down from $13.99). Premium domains are not affected by these price changes.

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    Community Picks·1y

    assistant-ui/assistant-ui: Typescript/React library for AI Chat 💬 🚀

    assistant-ui is a collection of React components designed for AI chat, supporting integrations with various tools like Langchain, Vercel AI SDK, TailwindCSS, and more. It offers out-of-the-box support for multiple AI model providers, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Hugging Face. The steps to create a new project and configure it with assistant-ui are provided, making it easy to get started quickly.

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    Vercel·23w

    Rust runtime now in public beta for Vercel Functions

    Vercel has launched public beta support for Rust runtime in Vercel Functions, powered by Fluid compute. The native runtime includes HTTP response streaming, Active CPU pricing, increased environment variable limits (64KB vs 6KB), and automatic integration with Vercel's logging and monitoring systems. Developers can get started using Cargo.toml configuration and the vercel_runtime crate, with starter templates available for basic and Axum-based deployments.

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    Vuejs&Nuxtjs·44w

    Evan You's thoughts on the Nuxt acquisition

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    The Dev Craft·1y

    Portfolio Website

    Check out my newly created portfolio website, built using a GitHub repository by Hadil Ben Abdallah and deployed on Vercel. Let me know your thoughts on the design and functionality.

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    Product Hunt·1y

    Flags SDK by Vercel - Free, open-source library for using feature flags in Next.js

    Vercel has released the Flags SDK, a free and open-source library designed to integrate feature flags into Next.js applications. This tool enables developers to manage and deploy features efficiently, offering better control over the rollout of new updates and experiments.

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    Vercel·41w

    Deploy Hono backends with zero configuration

    Vercel now provides native support for Hono, a lightweight web framework built on web standards, enabling zero-configuration deployment. Developers can create and deploy Hono applications using simple Vercel CLI commands, with automatic optimizations including Fluid compute, Active CPU pricing, and cold start improvements.

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    Codeious·35w

    The Hidden Cost of Next.js API Routes (My Experience)

    Next.js API routes can become expensive on Vercel as traffic grows because each request counts as a serverless function call. The author shares their experience hitting usage limits and unexpected charges, then explains their solution: caching GET APIs and moving heavy logic to a separate Node.js backend for better cost efficiency and scalability.

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    Claimed deployments now include third-party resources

    Vercel introduces a new feature allowing third-party platforms to create deployments with attached resources that users can later claim and take full ownership of. The feature enables instant deployment of complete application stacks, including databases and other services, through a two-step process: third-parties create and deploy projects via the Vercel API, then users claim ownership of both the deployment and its resources. Prisma is the first marketplace provider to support this functionality, allowing customers to deploy databases and Vercel-hosted applications as bundled stacks.

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    Vercel·22w

    Build smarter workflows with Notion and v0

    v0 now integrates with Notion through MCP, allowing teams to build dashboards, prototypes, and tools directly from their Notion databases and documents. The integration supports both read and write access, enabling v0 to generate content based on existing Notion data and write results back to the workspace. Teams can create event dashboards, product prototypes from PRDs, content workflows, and project summaries without switching between tools. The v0 team uses this integration to manage their event tracking, consolidating what was previously a fragmented multi-tool process into a single prompt-driven workflow.

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    Vercel·41w

    AI SDK 5

    AI SDK 5 introduces major improvements including type-safe chat integration for React, Vue, Svelte, and Angular with separate UI and model messages for better state management. Key features include agentic loop control with stopWhen and prepareStep functions, experimental speech generation and transcription, enhanced tool capabilities with dynamic tools and provider-executed functions, and full-stack type safety. The release also adds data parts for streaming custom typed data, message metadata support, SSE streaming, and Zod 4 compatibility while maintaining the unified provider API for seamless model switching.

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    Hacker News·1y

    campsite/campsite: The Campsite monorepo

    The Campsite monorepo provides an open-source, self-hosted version of the Campsite app. Although it is not actively maintained, it serves as a reference for developers interested in the Campsite codebase. Setting up requires several services including S3 for storage, Pusher for real-time updates, Imgix for CDN, 100ms for video conferencing, and OpenAI for generating summaries. Additional configurations are required for other integrations like AWS ECS, Figma, Linear, and Vercel. Comprehensive setup instructions are provided to help run the app locally.

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    freeCodeCamp·48w

    How To Deploy To Vercel With GitHub Actions

    A step-by-step guide for deploying Next.js applications to Vercel using GitHub Actions. Covers creating Vercel tokens, setting up GitHub secrets, installing Vercel CLI, linking projects, and configuring workflow files for automated deployment. The tutorial demonstrates how to set up continuous deployment that triggers on pushes to the main branch, providing more flexibility than direct repository connections.

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    Industrial Empathy·49w

    The no-nonsense approach to AI agent development

    A practical guide to building AI agents that focuses on manual prototyping first, then automating the workflow with structured code. The approach emphasizes using traditional programming for deterministic tasks while leveraging LLMs only for judgment-based decisions. Key steps include simulating the agent manually with real inputs, building automation loops with plain code, and optimizing for reliability through iterative testing and evaluation.

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