Next.js works everywhere now, Jimmy Lai tells us how.

Next.js works everywhere now, Jimmy Lai tells us how.

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April 30, 2026 · 33 min

About this episode

Jimmy Lai discusses the Next.js adapters API and its implications for self-hosting across various platforms.

Jimmy Lai, manager of the Next.js team at Vercel, joins the podcast to explain the adapters API, why it exists, how it fixes Next.js self-hosting pain across platforms like Cloudflare, AWS Amplify, and Netlify, and what it unlocks for partial pre-rendering. He also shares where the team is headed: server components, feature flags at request time, and building the best agentic developer experience for a world where agents write most of the code. Links Website: https://jimmyl.ai/ X: https://x.com/feedthejim Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/feedthej.im Resources Adapters API: https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/adapters We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend? Fill out our listener survey ! https://t.co/oKVAEXipxu Let us know by sending an email to our producer, Elizabeth, at  elizabeth.becz@logrocket.com , or tweet at us at  PodRocketPod . Check out our newsletter ! https://blog.logrocket.com/the-replay-newsletter/ Follow us. Get free stickers. Follow us on Apple Podcasts, fill out this form , and we’ll send you free PodRocket stickers! What does LogRocket do? LogRocket…

People in this episode

Guest: Jimmy Lai

Topics covered

  • Next.js
  • adapters API
  • self-hosting
  • server components
  • developer experience
  • partial pre-rendering

Keywords

  • Next.js
  • adapters API
  • self-hosting
  • Cloudflare
  • AWS Amplify
  • Netlify
  • server components
  • developer experience

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vercel, Cloudflare, AWS Amplify, Netlify

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