I built the same app with 5 different stacks

In this podcast, the speaker shares their journey of rebuilding the same application using five different tech stacks: Rails, Elixir/Phoenix, Go/GraphQL/React, Next.js Pages Router (T3), and Next.js App Router with Server Components (RSC). They delve into the setup, development experience, performance, and codebase size of each stack. While recognizing the pros and cons of each, the discussion ultimately emphasizes the Next.js App Router with Server Components for its outstanding performance and developer experience, highlighting its simplicity and speed in comparison to the others.

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Introduction: A Decade of Tech Stacks

Rails Revisited: Performance and Pain Points

Rails Deep Dive: ActiveRecord and Deployment

Elixir and Phoenix: LiveView's Speed and Setup Challenges

Elixir and Phoenix: Code Structure and LiveView Deep Dive

Elixir and Phoenix: UI Updates and Deployment

Go, GraphQL, and a Single-Page App: Initial Smoothness and Typegen Hell

Go Backend Development with GraphQL Go

Comparing GraphQL to Other Stacks and Introducing T3

T3 Stack Revisited: Prisma, tRPC, and Routing Woes

React Server Components (RSC): Simplicity, Speed, and Optimization

Conclusion: Lessons Learned and Final Thoughts

I built the same app with 5 different stacks

Theo - t3․gg

00:00Introduction: A Decade of Tech Stacks

Introduction: A Decade of Tech Stacks

01:17Rails Revisited: Performance and Pain Points

Rails Revisited: Performance and Pain Points

05:50Rails Deep Dive: ActiveRecord and Deployment

Rails Deep Dive: ActiveRecord and Deployment

13:09Elixir and Phoenix: LiveView's Speed and Setup Challenges

Elixir and Phoenix: LiveView's Speed and Setup Challenges

20:01Elixir and Phoenix: Code Structure and LiveView Deep Dive

Elixir and Phoenix: Code Structure and LiveView Deep Dive

30:56Elixir and Phoenix: UI Updates and Deployment

Elixir and Phoenix: UI Updates and Deployment

38:05Go, GraphQL, and a Single-Page App: Initial Smoothness and Typegen Hell

Go, GraphQL, and a Single-Page App: Initial Smoothness and Typegen Hell

46:48Go Backend Development with GraphQL Go

Go Backend Development with GraphQL Go

54:41Comparing GraphQL to Other Stacks and Introducing T3

Comparing GraphQL to Other Stacks and Introducing T3

57:34T3 Stack Revisited: Prisma, tRPC, and Routing Woes

T3 Stack Revisited: Prisma, tRPC, and Routing Woes

1:04:07React Server Components (RSC): Simplicity, Speed, and Optimization

React Server Components (RSC): Simplicity, Speed, and Optimization

1:17:49Conclusion: Lessons Learned and Final Thoughts

Conclusion: Lessons Learned and Final Thoughts