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• @dok2001 Dane Knecht on x

  It's Next.js Liberation Day. The #1 request we kept hearing: help us run Next fast and secure, without the lock-in and the costs. So we did it. We kept the amazing DX of @nextjs, without the bespoke tooling, built on @vite. We're working with other providers to make deployment

• @carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on bluesky

  A senior engineer at Cloudflare rebuilt 94% of Next.js with Claude Code in a week and spent about $1,100 in tokens.  This touches on some recurring themes in my recent posts; super ICs, token costs and using the latest models.  —  They said this wouldn't have been possible just a…

• r/vibecoding r on reddit

  CloudFlare built a NextJS replacement in one week using AI

• r/nextjs r on reddit

  How cloudflare rebuilt Next.js with AI in one week

• @dok2001 Dane Knecht on x

  This isn't really a Next.js story. It's an AI story. AI accelerates what @Cloudflare ships and what customers can do on our platform. We're an infrastructure company and we're going to be the best place for humans and AI to deploy. Infrastructure companies win this transition.

• @braydenwilmoth Brayden on x

  NextJS cost $1,100 for a developer and AI to rebuild and it's 4.4x faster & 57% smaller.

• @wesbos Wes Bos on x

  cloudflare ported Next.js to vite in a week for $1,100 I don't believe it, but excited to try. It's a drop-in replacement, let me know how it works on your app.

• @youyuxi Evan You on x

  For the record this is not the thing I've been working on 😂 But very, VERY cool regardless

• @webmaster Jason on x

  This is the most compelling AI rewrite story I've seen to date. Next.js, but rebuilt with Vite 1 engineer 800 @opencode sessions $1,100 in Claude tokens via API 4x faster builds 57% smaller bundles [image]

• @joshmanders Josh on x

  Sadly, I think next.js would have faired better had it stopped trying to make turbopack a reality and just collabbed with vite.

• @initjean @initjean on x

  > a few days ago a Cloudflare engineer posted this > yesterday they announced they rebuilt Next.js using AI > now open source projects are removing their public test suites brand new world i guess [image]

• @ryancarniato Ryan Carniato on x

  Conceptually this is more interesting I think than the actual result. Next adds new features, and then this follows suit. Likely to eventually diverge. Call it Next call it Framework X I don't think it matters much. This is a concrete example of two things going on with AI.

• @steipete Peter Steinberger on x

  “We honestly didn't think it would work. But it's 2026, and the cost of building software has completely changed.”

• @eastdakota Matthew Prince on x

  Let's build better!

• @caelin_sutch @caelin_sutch on x

  We deployed this for https://cio.gov/ and has significantly improved core rendering stats: FCP: 396ms (vinext) vs 504ms (live) Eager JS: 85KB / 3 files vs 384KB / 16 files Who could have guessed gov sites could be running cutting edge software

• @skeptrune Nick Khami on x

  how it feels to use vinext [image]

• @cramforce Malte Ubl on x

  Wow, @tldraw is moving their tests to a closed source repo to prevent a Slop Fork https://github.com/...

• @gergelyorosz Gergely Orosz on x

  Feels like Cloudflare also cannot resist the temptation of growth hacking. Their launch post states that vinext has been deployed to prod, and later in the post, they backpedal to admit it's not production-ready. Disappointingly disingenuous from Cloudflare [image]

• @icesolst @icesolst on x

  He's crashing out because they're getting around vendor lock-in for the shit framework he started Vercel is such a clown company Migrate to Cloudflare [image]

• @_ashleypeacock Ashley Peacock on x

  My other takeaway from Cloudflare rewriting Next.js in Vite is that it was possible largely due to Next.js' comprehensive test suite, so for job security, it's best us software engineers band together and agree no more writing tests

• @rauchg Guillermo Rauch on x

  https://vercel.com/...

• @zackary_chapple Zack Chapple on x

  Cloudflare: Huge tech post about their re-write Next to work with Vite, using AI, which gives crazy easy onboarding path for Next users to move to Cloudflare. Vercel: shares migrate guide with zero benefits on why you'd actually want to vercel outside of “vendor lockin”

• @mxstbr Max Stoiber on x

  This is insane. Next.js rebuilt based on Vite, and it only took one week and $1,100 in tokens?!?! Code really doesn't matter anymore. Crazy.

• @cloudflare @cloudflare on x

  We rebuilt Next.js in a week. No, really. The team ported the framework to run natively on Workers to prove what's possible with edge-first architecture. Dive into the technical hurdles we solved to eliminate Node.js dependencies. https://blog.cloudflare.com/ vinext/

• @eastdakota Matthew Prince on x

  What legacy web software should we rebuild on @Cloudflare Workers next to make faster and more secure? Post your requests! At $1,100 and a week's work each, we've got time and budget to do a bunch...

• @rauchg Guillermo Rauch on x

  We've identified, responsibly disclosed, and confirmed 2 critical, 2 high, 2 medium, 1 low security vulnerabilities in Cloudflare's vibe-coded framework Vinext. We believe the security of the internet is the highest priority, especially in the age of AI. Vibe coding is a useful

• @gergelyorosz Gergely Orosz on x

  I cannot stop thinking about the implications that Cloudflare / Vinext has on commercial open source, and in general, the cost of migrations, rewrites, and maintenance. One engineer, with AI, proved to be ~100x as efficient as before. This will have plenty of ripple effects

• @dillon_mulroy Dillon Mulroy on x

  you are not, but you can now nextjs powered by vite https://blog.cloudflare.com/ vinext/

• @naderlikeladder Nader Khalil on x

  Startup beef has progressed from writing passive aggressive blog posts to fully rebuilding a competitors project in a week

• @rauchg Guillermo Rauch on x

  Due to how these bug bounty programs work, we're getting paid for the discoveries by Cloudflare / Matthew. Please reply with interesting AI and cybersecurity research teams or open source projects we should donate the funds to!

• @thekitze @thekitze on x

  wow so it's really like next js

• @lyalindotcom Dmitry Lyalin on x

  Not on my bingo card, but also a reminder that code is no longer a moat.