How Plex 6x their impressions deploying Next.js on Vercel | Customers | Vercel
Jan 26, 2023

Summary
This post details how Plex improved their site performance and developer experience by migrating from Kubernetes to Next.js on Vercel. Key technical contributions include the adoption of Next.js's Server-side Rendering (SSR), Incremental Static Regeneration (ISR) with on-demand revalidation, and Edge Middleware for geo-personalized content and A/B testing. The migration resulted in a 40% reduction in codebase, improved SEO rankings, and faster data propagation for catalog updates. Integrations with Checkly for end-to-end testing and Axiom for monitoring crawl requests were also highlighted.
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