907: Wes’ New Site: Gatsby → React Server Components

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Wes rebuilt his personal site from Gatsby to a modern stack using Waku, React Server Components, and Cloudflare Workers — all while keeping the same design. Scott and Wes break down the pain points with Next.js, MDX, image handling, caching, and the custom setup that now powers a blazing-fast blog.

Show Notes

• 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
• 01:03 Barcelona Conference.
• 04:09 Brought to you by Sentry.io.
• 04:33 Existing stack, goodbye to Gatsby.
• 06:11 New stack, the goals for moving.
• 06:56 So what is the new stack?
  • 08:32 Challenges with NextJS.
  • 08:58 Problems with plugins.
  • 09:30 Problems with dynamic imports.
  • 10:21 Problems with Cloudflare deployment.
• 12:37 Landing on Waku.
• 13:59 Hot Tips functionality updates.
• 16:30 Blog Posts + JavaScript Notes.
• 17:09 Moving from Gatsby.
• 19:03 Page speeds.
  • 19:29 Removing nav resizing process.
  • 21:03 Writing custom MDX plugins.
• 23:28 Hosting.
  • 24:08 Why is the build so fast?
• 28:01 Pricing.
• 32:25 Caching.
• 34:49 Migration errors.
• 36:37 CSS.

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