#nextjs

Stop dumping server data in Zustand. The 4-quadrant model, TanStack Query for server state, Zustand for UI state, with Next.js 16 code.

Zustand vs Redux Toolkit in 2026: bundle size, boilerplate, DevTools, async, TS inference, server state, and a clear decision matrix.

Recoil is deprecated by Meta. Jotai is the active successor. API comparison, migration cheatsheet, RSC compatibility, and bundle numbers.

Drizzle ORM has no built-in query cache. Learn to wrap Drizzle queries with ioredis in Next.js 16 and eliminate database round-trips in under 30 minutes.

OpenAI's new gpt-image-2 (Apr 21, 2026) ships 2K images with thinking mode and 8-image batches for ~$0.21 each — wire it into a Next.js server action.

A practical look at Q1 2026's biggest shifts in the AI-web stack — Vercel pricing, Next.js 16, Claude 4.7, and the outages that rewrote incident playbooks.