Looking for React/Gatsby/Node.js gigs 😀
Hi :D
I've been working on developing some high performing apps and websites using React and Gatsby in the past months along with moving some clients' video-on-demand platforms from PHP and MySQL to Gatsby, and I'm currently looking for some gigs or remote work.
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The community. You can find so much support and welcome on Gatsby. Along with that, there is a huge plugin library and the out-of-the-box performance is amazing.
Soon, Gatsby is planning to introduce incremental builds, that is, you will be able to update your site's content without having to rebuild it from zero (or near zero). Once shipped, Gatsby would be the first choice even for highly dynamic apps.
I think, for some companies, using Gatsby over Next.js comes down to keeping the server costs as low as possible, while having a great performance.
Gatsby can be used if your content is not dynamic (static) in nature.. eg. Portfolio, Marketing Sites, Blogs etc..
Next.js is better if your website is more app-like but you have a lot of publicly viewable pages and need server-side rendering for SEO benefits. eg. AirBnB, Etsy, Upwork.com. These pages have dynamic content (i.e not predictable during compile time)
If its a SaaS dashboard behind a login, you can choose either CRA or Next.js.
As you can see, Next.js can pretty much handle all 3 scenarios. There are tradeoffs, but I personally use Next.js for everything, just to keep things consistent :)