In this conversation, Brian and Aurooba discuss various topics related to Next.js development. They explore the importance of deeper understanding, the decisions involved in styling and storage in JavaScript applications, the advantages of CSS-in-JS libraries, the choice of Supabase as the database solution, handling user authentication, and selecting an email service for communication.
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- StyleX – https://stylexjs.com/
- Vanilla Extract – https://vanilla-extract.style/
- Supabase – https://supabase.com/
- Cassidy's post – https://blog.cassidoo.co/post/annoyed-at-react/
- Brian's website – https://www.briancoords.com
- Aurooba's website – https://aurooba.com
00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:09 The Decisions You have to make in Next.js projects
00:04:11 How should we style things?
00:06:50 CSS-in-JS
00:09:35 The problem with CSS-in-JS
00:11:31 Styling Approach Options
00:19:15 How will we store data?
00:19:35 Say no to Firebase
00:20:56 Choosing Supabase
00:24:35 How will we authenticate users?
00:28:05 Choosing an Email service
00:30:58 Staging environments are becoming more important
00:31:41 What's next?
