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πΏ They changed Caching AGAIN in Next.js 15
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Hey friend, Great news! I've locked in a new date for the Live Next.js Workshop βοΈ. I'll be announcing some exciting updates and exclusive Next.js 15 content for the Next.js Workshop Waitlist. βClick here to add yourself so you don't miss out βοΈβ πΏ Our Weekly Snack: Next.js 15 and Caching: A Paradigm ShiftPreviously (Next.js 14), fetch requests automatically defaulted to caching and you had to purge your cache to opt out of caching. Remember this? It's the default option I'm talking about - cache: force-cache. Next.js 15 introduces a fundamental shift: fetch requests are no longer cached by default π³. This empowers developers with greater control over caching strategies, but manual configuration might be required for specific use cases. Considerations for Upgrading ApplicationsUpgrading from Next.js 14 to 15 could potentially disrupt applications that rely on the previous caching behaviour. To maintain consistent behaviour, you may need to explicitly specify π€« Latest Frontend News
Tailwind CSS released a new version of `prettier-plugin-tailwindcss` this week! Now they automatically clean up unnecessary whitespace in class lists β huge quality of life improvement! βYou can read all about them here βοΈβ Seamlessly move data fetching between client and server in SWR βοΈβ AI News: All ChatGPT Free users can now use browse, vision, data analysis, file uploads, and GPTs π³. βVercel announced it's firewall βοΈ in their Vercel ship event βRemix is now React Router V7 π€ The Remix team is merging Remix with React Router. This means that the features from Remix will be included in the next version of React Router (v7). Users of Remix can keep using it or switch to React Router v7 with a simple import change. β Dev Productivity Tipβ To remove unused imports in VS Code:
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Hey Reader, Last week, I gave a talk at React Paris about Building your own AI minion, basically an AI Agent Toolkit for modern apps. I show my workflow and how I have automated a lot. The room was full, the energy was electric β‘, and it turned into one of my favourite talks Iβve given. You can π₯ watch the video here and the slides are here. πΏ Our Weekly Snack: Stop calling "redirect()" inside a try/catch block in Next.js Stop calling "redirect()" inside a try/catch block in Next.js π‘ Here's...
Hey Reader, This week, Next.js 16.2 gave AI agents something they never had "a browser". Your agent can now see your app, find the problem, and fix it without asking you. This along with GPT-5.4 mini & nano (2 small models), TanStack Start going 5x faster, why you should ban useEffect, and more. Let's dive in. πΏ Our Weekly Snack: Your AI agent can finally see what your users see (Next.js 16.2 is here) Next.js 16.2 dropped yesterday (deep dive here) and it just gave AI agents a browser. It's...
Hey Reader, Middleware got renamed to Proxy in Next.js 16. Same functionality. Better name. What is Proxy? Every request to your app has to go somewhere - a page, an API route, a file. Proxy gets to look at it first and decide what happens: send the user somewhere else, serve different content silently, or just let it through as-is. Think of it as a traffic controller π¦ sitting in front of your routes. So, why you should stop putting auth in Proxy? It feels like the perfect place but it...