Every Next.js website is starting to look the same

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    WordPress, Git-ified. This repository is just a mirror of the WordPress subversion repository. Please do not send pull requests. Submit pull requests to https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop and patches to https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ instead.

    What I noticed with Next.js is not something new, this has happened before with any popular language/framework/CMS. WordPress being one of the most popular. In the past I worked on a lot of WordPress websites, as the community around WordPress grow, certain WordPress themes and plugins become a default option for a lot of people, like Avada, Betheme and The7 with millions of sales in downloads. You install the theme, select one from many template dummy options, and in a couple of minutes you'll have a beautiful WordPress website...that looks like all the rest. Now I can identify a WordPress website as soon as the page is loaded, when that happens finally.

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  • shadcn/ui

    Beautifully designed components that you can copy and paste into your apps. Accessible. Customizable. Open Source.

    First of, I got to point out, I love Next.js. It's my go to framework whenever I start a new web project, no other JS framework allows you to build something beautiful that quickly. But quickly is exactly the issue. If you want to build something quickly it's going to come with some trade offs. If you are working with Next.js, when starting a project you'll probably start with some boilerplate or a template, seems like industries are popping up around Next.js boilerplates nowadays. Next (.js), you'll probably use Tailwind CSS and some component library, most probably shadcn/ui. All of these solutions are great, but, as more developers gravitate towards these ready-made components, the individuality of websites diminishes, leading to a sea of sites that look and feel the same. Something like shadcn/ui is completely customizable, but if you want to finish a website quickly, you probably won't spent that much time on customization, if you are not working strictly by design.

  • Tailwind CSS

    A utility-first CSS framework for rapid UI development.

    First of, I got to point out, I love Next.js. It's my go to framework whenever I start a new web project, no other JS framework allows you to build something beautiful that quickly. But quickly is exactly the issue. If you want to build something quickly it's going to come with some trade offs. If you are working with Next.js, when starting a project you'll probably start with some boilerplate or a template, seems like industries are popping up around Next.js boilerplates nowadays. Next (.js), you'll probably use Tailwind CSS and some component library, most probably shadcn/ui. All of these solutions are great, but, as more developers gravitate towards these ready-made components, the individuality of websites diminishes, leading to a sea of sites that look and feel the same. Something like shadcn/ui is completely customizable, but if you want to finish a website quickly, you probably won't spent that much time on customization, if you are not working strictly by design.

  • Next.js

    The React Framework

    Current state of web development for some time now includes JS frameworks and libraries springing like mushrooms after the rain. Among these, Next.js has emerged as the most popular choice for any developer that wants to build a beautiful SEO-friendly website. However, as its popularity grows, I noticed Next.js websites are beginning to look eerily similar. In this article, we'll explore the reasons behind this and is this bad or maybe even a good thing.

  • Bootstrap

    The most popular HTML, CSS, and JavaScript framework for developing responsive, mobile first projects on the web.

    Similar situation happened with Bootstrap, as this toolkit became more and more popular, the websites that used it started looking more and more the same.

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