Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago

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Making the case that you should not use React Server Components if you want to ship applications quickly. If you want to learn, experiment, or make content, by all means!

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:42 Do not use react server components on the backend
01:40 People discovering "old" backend frameworks
02:06 The Hype Cycle
03:08 They hype is swinging to the server again
04:29 What do you want to do with your life?
05:19 There are Javascript packages for everything
06:37 React is a strong ecosystem