That stack is such a breath of fresh air. And so easy to deploy anywhere. I do love the idea of a batteries included framework for the JS ecosystem, like the m

That stack is such a breath of fresh air. And so easy to deploy anywhere. I do love the idea of a batteries included framework for the JS ecosystem, like the mythical Rails for node, but as long as we're gluing random stuff together... This is a really nice combo. I also love using Hono and React/Vite with TRPC. I stopped working with Next a few years ago, so I can't comment very fairly on recent changes in the framework. However, it does appear as though it has become even more complex, and that was a significant art of what steered me away. The other part was simply a lack of cohesion with design decisions and direction. The middleware layer seemed like a poor design. Various opinions around things like default cache policies felt incorrect. I found myself battling their decisions too often, for too little benefit.