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Weekly Snack: Next.js 15.5 Type Safety ๐Ÿฟ

As you can see in the screenshot here, Next.js now will auto complete your routes and throw a compile time error if you link to a route that does not exist.

One of the advantages of using frameworks like TanStack was Type Safety but with this feature in Next.js kinda makes the framework invincible.

This is a opt-in feature so you would need to add the following in your Next.config.ts file.

๐ŸŽฅ There's more I cover in the video breakdown here.

๐Ÿš€ Latest Frontend News

How I Pick my Tech Stack in 2025 ($0/month), watch the video here.

โ€‹FFMPeg 8.0 is out is an amazing tool that helps you convert, record, stream video and audio. Here's a handy command:

โ€‹This One Line of Code Made My App 5x Faster - use this Next.js function to speed up server actions, server components and middleware!

Vercel AI Gateway is now generally available, no need to have a separate provider account such as OpenAI, Claude etc. simply use the AI Gateway.

My Next.js Course Platform has over 300+ lessons and upgrading to Next.js 15.5 has been a Game Changer.

Build and deploy fullyโ€‘managed AI agents and workflows using Trigger.dev and it's officially out of Beta.โ€‹

โ€‹e18e (Ecosystem Performance) is an initiative to improve the performance of JS packages.

So it's official, we're getting a new display type for masonry โœจ, but it will not be `display: masonry`

โ€‹Component Composition is great, by Dominik, TanStack Query aka React Query Maintainer

โ€‹An AI Manifesto - Guiding responsible AI in development and collaboration.

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