907: Wes’ New Site: Gatsby → React Server Components

Wes rebuilt his personal site from Gatsby to a modern stack using Waku, React Server Components, and Cloudflare Workers — all while keeping the same design. Scott and Wes break down the pain points with Next.js, MDX, image handling, caching, and the...

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats · Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski - Full Stack JavaScript Web Developers

June 2, 202544m 39s

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Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
01:03 Barcelona Conference.
04:09 Brought to you by Sentry.io.
04:33 Existing stack, goodbye to Gatsby.
06:11 New stack, the goals for moving.
06:56 So what is the new stack?
- 08:32 Challenges with NextJS.
- 08:58 Problems with plugins.
- 09:30 Problems with dynamic imports.
- 10:21 Problems with Cloudflare deployment.
12:37 Landing on Waku.
13:59 Hot Tips functionality updates.
16:30 Blog Posts + JavaScript Notes.
17:09 Moving from Gatsby.
19:03 Page speeds.
- 19:29 Removing nav resizing process.
- 21:03 Writing custom MDX plugins.
23:28 Hosting.
- 24:08 Why is the build so fast?
28:01 Pricing.
32:25 Caching.
34:49 Migration errors.
36:37 CSS.

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