// 6 articles on Performance by Faez Tgh — practical React, Next.js, TypeScript and web-performance write-ups.
Next.js 16 is less about flashy new APIs and more about the framework growing up: a faster default bundler, a clearer caching story, and some deliberate renames that make the mental model honest. Here's what actually matters when you upgrade.
A click that lands on an already-rendered page feels like magic. The Speculation Rules API is the standardized, low-effort way to get there — the browser prefetches or fully prerenders likely next pages so navigation is near-instant. Here's the mental model and the guardrails.
Scroll, resize, input, mousemove — some events fire dozens of times a second. Debounce and throttle are the two techniques for turning that firehose into something your handlers can survive. They're often confused; they solve different problems.
Google's Core Web Vitals are three numbers that quietly shape your search ranking and your users' patience. INP replaced FID in 2024 — here's what each metric measures, the thresholds that matter, and the fixes that actually help.
Performance doesn't happen by accident. Here are the tools every Next.js developer should know — from automated audits and bundle visualization to image compression and Core Web Vitals tracking.
From dynamic imports and image lazy-loading to short-circuit rendering and async loops — six concrete techniques to squeeze more performance out of your Next.js app.