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One engineer and an AI model rebuilt Next.js from scratch as "vinext", a Vite-based drop-in replacement deployable to Cloudflare Workers, for ~$1,100 in tokens over one week.
•vinext reimplements the Next.js API surface (routing, SSR, React Server Components, server actions, caching, middleware) as a Vite plugin, not a wrapper around Next.js output
•Build benchmarks show vinext with Vite 8/Rolldown is 4.4x faster than Next.js 16 Turbopack, with client bundles up to 57% smaller (gzipped: 72.9 KB vs 168.9 KB)
•A single `vinext deploy` command builds and deploys to Cloudflare Workers; ISR is supported via a Cloudflare KV cache handler
•The project covers 94% of the Next.js 16 API surface, verified by 1,700+ Vitest tests and 380 Playwright E2E tests
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Static pre-rendering at build time is not yet supported, but Traffic-aware Pre-Rendering is planned as an alternative approach
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