No Clear Framework Choice for Internal Tools on Self-Hosted Infrastructure
Developers building internal apps on self-hosted servers struggle to choose between Next.js, SvelteKit, TanStack Start, and Astro due to tradeoffs in performance, bundle size, and maturity. Next.js works well on Vercel but feels like a second-class citizen on bare metal. Non-frontend developers especially lack clear guidance for making the right stack decision.
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