reactjs.org VS Gatsby

yes, he advocated for Vite in his pr: https://github.com/reactjs/reactjs.org/pull/5487

There have been several calls recently to remove the CRA recommendation, perhaps most notably from popular Twitter use and YouTuber Theo (t3.gg) whose pull request on the reactjs project recommending the replacement of CRA with Vite went viral on Twitter. This sparked heated criticism of CRA, including its perceived lack of features (such as native support for TypeScript or popular CSS library Tailwind), size, performance, and more.

It’s built on Next with tailwind. Check out the beta directory here: https://github.com/reactjs/reactjs.org

Not Docusaurus, but the source is here:

https://github.com/reactjs/reactjs.org (currently in the "beta" directory)

This came up a couple of weeks ago due to a PR opened on the CRA repo asking to kinda deprecate it as the main choice for new React projects. I couldn't help but share my opinion on this as well:

https://github.com/reactjs/reactjs.org/pull/5487#issuecommen...

I remember submitting the full link. Dunno why it was edited

More specifically, the comment: https://github.com/reactjs/reactjs.org/pull/5487#issuecommen...

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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.

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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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