How much traffic can a pre-rendered Next.js site really handle? by Martijn Hols
I've often said things like "A pre-rendered site can easily serve hundreds of concurrent users", because, well, I've never seen one fail.
But how many can it really handle? Could my site actually handle a traffic surge from landing on something like the Hacker News frontpage? How does it compare to server-side rendering? And is it actually worth jumping through hoops to avoid SSR?
I looked around for hard data on Next.js performance, but solid numbers were surprisingly hard to find. So, I ran so...
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