Just read "Next.js vs Tanstack" by @gill_kyle
Just read "Next.js vs Tanstack" by @gill_kyle.
Summary: Next is comprehensive and offers many micro-optimizations.
But caching is complex, it's hard to debug, the API feels designed to sell services, and the dev server is slow.
Tanstack is simple, type-safe, and sufficient.
Full post: https://www.kylegill.com/essays/next-vs-tanstack/