forcepush VS Gatsby

I had been putting off some gnarly dependency upgrades for over a year and finally got around to it last week, after a few false starts of the npm variety. I eventually gave up and rebuilt from scratch using the gatsby new tool, then ported my customizations. After I finished my polishes to some assets, I noticed that the changes didn't seem to have applied on forcepush.tech. This wasn't very mysterious, as I've since put a Cloudflare cache in front of my site.

Repository: Gatsby

You can learn more about Gatsby from its official documentation

The first time I started building static websites is when I discovered Gatsby. I built several projects using Gatsby and hosted it on Netlify free tier. It felt like a really robust architecture and I loved that it was free.

A Gatsby site uses Gatsby, which leverages React and GraphQL to create fast and optimized web experiences. Gatsby is often used for building static websites, progressive web apps (PWAs), and even full-blown dynamic web applications.

While Next.js is a powerful framework for building server-rendered React applications, it's not the only option for developers looking to create high-performance websites. One notable alternative is Gatsby, a static site generator that leverages React and GraphQL.

The other piece of important information to acknowledge here is that when we say RSCs need a framework, “framework” effectively just means “Next.js.” There are some smaller frameworks (like Waku) that support RSCs. There are also some larger and more established frameworks (like Redwood) that have plans to support RSCs or (like Gatsby) only support RSCs in beta. We will likely see this change once we get React 19 and RSCs are part of the Stable version. However, for now, Next.js is currently the only framework recommended in the official React docs that supports server components.

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