🚀 Next.js Tips & Hacks You’ll Wish You Knew Earlier 🧠💻

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Next.js has become the go-to framework for building powerful, SEO-friendly, and high-performance React applications. But as you dive deeper, you realize it’s not just about pages and routing. There’s a LOT under the hood.

In this post, I’m going to share real-world tips and hacks that can help you master Next.js and make your development process smoother, faster, and cleaner. 🔧✨

1️⃣ Use getStaticProps & getServerSideProps Smartly

Next.js gives you flexibility with how you fetch your data. Here’s a rule of thumb:

• Use getStaticProps when content doesn’t change often (best for speed 🚀)
• Use getServerSideProps when content must be always up-to-date (best for accuracy 🔁)

Hack: Combine revalidate with getStaticProps for best of both worlds = Incremental Static Regeneration 🔄
Example:

export async function getStaticProps() {
  const data = await fetchData();
  return {
    props: { data },
    revalidate: 10 // Rebuilds every 10 seconds
  };
}

2️⃣ Optimize Images Like a Pro with <Image /> 📸