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Deleting Next.js Cut 230KB of Unused JS ✂️⚡

Why a 100% Server Component page in Next.js 16 still runs a 309ms main-thread task, and how Hono JSX drops it to 68ms.

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Ask any AI coding assistant to scaffold a personal blog or documentation site today, and it will run npx create-next-app@latest before you finish typing your prompt.

The pitch for the Next.js App Router sounds great on paper: React Server Components ( RSC ) run on the server and ship zero JavaScript to the browser unless you add 'use client' .

Today on Hacker News, an indie developer ( korindiehacker ) tested that claim against pagespeed.web.dev on a static blog running Next.js 16.1.6 .…