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🍿 Our Weekly Snack:

If you are using Next.js App router and want to see folder names along with file name here is a cool little trick in VsCode so you don't have to dig into your files. This is especially useful when there are a bunch index.ts files around.

You can add this to your VSCode settings,​
​"workbench.editor.labelFormat": "medium",

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🀫 Latest Frontend News

The community is moving to BlueSky and the Creator of Nuxt.js has created his awesome plugin ​

This tool lets you edit db records when authenticated

​Netlify is also part of OpenNext and a great contender to ship your Next.js apps there.

Interviewed Tanner Linsley on my Youtube channel, check the whole interview here,

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Developing web applications has gotten insanely complex.

​Zero is building a general-purpose sync engine for the web. You put Zero in front of your existing database or web service, and we distribute your backend all the way to main thread of the UI.

​New Clerk Feature Alert! It allows you to add a Waitlist sign-up mode for your product launch. Can Clerk get any cooler?

Roadmap UI is a collection of accessible, customizable, performant and open source components for building interactive roadmaps built on shadcn/ui.

​Bolt.new is insanely cool.​

  • Bolt is built by StackBlitz which is a Dev Sandbox with AI.
  • You can Prompt, run, edit, and deploy full-stack web apps and it's free!!
Stackblitz is the platform we're using to give you a coding environment as part of the Modern Full Stack Next.js Course. (50% off until Friday)

​Went live launching Next.js Course, there were many moments where things went wrong πŸ˜…

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​Tailwind Shades β†— is a VSCode plugin a list of shades based on your the custom RGB colour you provide. It's pretty code when you want a bunch of swatches you can use.

Here's an example for the color # FA541C.

use-cache is a shiny new directive introduced pretty recently in Next.js 15 experimental version. I've written a in-depth blog post on this topic. Check it out.​

​Tailwind CSS v4.1 Beta is out ↗️, wohoo! Here are a few exciting updates from this release IMO,

​React Router v7 is finally out! new templates, more router with remix merge updates.

TanStack Start is now officially BETA! πŸŽ‰ What a Exciting week for me and TanStack​

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