Towards Next.js 5: Introducing Canary Updates

This post introduces the concept of canary releases for Next.js, allowing for more frequent updates and testing of experimental features. It outlines the roadmap for Next.js 5, with a focus on scalability improvements for large codebases and teams. Key areas include enhanced compilation speed (startup and lazy page building), improved sourcemaps, support for multiple Next.js apps on the same domain with prefix mounting and cross-app linking, and simplified sharing of components via npm without pre-transpilation. It also mentions the availability of new examples and improved documentation.