The Next.js Conf Picture That Blew People’s Minds

The image above has taken over the software development internet by storm over the last day. Particularly on Twitter/X, it seems to be about all people are talking about. Just twelve lines of code on a slide and you would have thought it was the craziest thing anyone had ever seen. So why are people freaking out?

The reactions seem to fall into three different groups. Those who think this is the best thing they have ever seen. Those who think people who want this are horrible developers and are coding in an extremely insecure manner. And those undecided people straddling the middle. I will say right off the bat, I don’t have a strong understanding of how this pattern is working under the hood but I have researched it some and looked at what the true experts in this are saying. Let’s take a look at each stance.

Those That Think This is the Greatest Thing Ever

There is definitely a group that gets very excited about this setup. This is a great sign for those developing these features, they seem to have a pulse on what these developers want and they are providing those abilities. This is what we want from language, tool, and framework developers. There are definitely things to like about this.