#react-server-components

#react-server-components

The hype around the introduction of React Server Components (RSC) was undeniable. For the uninitiated, RSCs are a new way to build React apps that render components on the server, keeping code and data-fetching logic away from the client. The promise was appealing: a unified approach to server and client rendering, unmatched performance, and simpler data fetching, enough to convince many of us that this was the next best thing after cheese.

When I started researching, I found that there are solutions outside of Next.js, but they were either incomplete or tied to specific tools like Vite or esbuild. The more I dug, the more I realized that what we really have is a pattern without a proper implementation. It reminded me of Flux back in the day-a pattern that introduced new ideas but lacked clear direction on how those ideas should fit into existing applications.