How we rebuilt Next.js with AI in one week

What this post added

Introduced vinext, a drop-in replacement for Next.js built on Vite, which deploys to Cloudflare Workers. vinext reimplements the Next.js API surface (routing, server rendering, React Server Components, server actions, caching, middleware) on Vite, offering significantly faster build times and smaller client bundles compared to Next.js with Turbopack. It supports Incremental Static Regeneration (ISR) out-of-the-box with a pluggable caching handler (defaulting to Cloudflare KV) and enables seamless use of Cloudflare-specific services like Durable Objects and AI bindings during development and deployment.