You don't have to lose backend/frontend logic colocation when you shed next.js, just implement your own ssr which is mostly trivial. You don't have to use serve

You don't have to lose backend/frontend logic colocation when you shed next.js, just implement your own ssr which is mostly trivial. You don't have to use server components either, you just have to guarantee that node imports get pruned from browser build, and then you can run node deps on ssr to your heart's content. I went this way in my recent pet project and not gonna lie, updating dependencies and nothing breaks feels wild after years of next/cra churn.