It is shaping up to be a pretty great year for CSS, with a plethora of new features on the horizon. Some are already starting to land in browsers, others are likely to gain widespread browser support in 2023, while for one or two the process may be a little longer. In this talk we’ll take a look at most exciting ones.

This talk explores the process of self-hosting Next.js apps as an alternative to Vercel. We discuss the reasons for not choosing Vercel, including cost considerations and specific infrastructure requirements. The session covers dockerizing Next.js apps, providing a portable deployment solution. We also touch upon Incremental Static Regeneration (ISR) and its benefits in a self-hosted environment. Finally, we delve into hosting options on AWS focusing on scalability, availability, and cost optimization. Attendees will gain insights into self-hosting Next.js apps, empowering them with flexibility and cost efficiency.

Tailwind CSS is all the rage. Whether you love it or not, if you need to use a utility-first framework like it in a complex project, there is some work to do. In this talk, I lay out advanced strategies to manage scale and complexity with TailwindCSS and like-minded libraries. We will go in-depth into architectural solutions for use cases like design systems, multi-theming, interoperability with CSS-in-JS, good DX and more.

React Server Components and the RFC around it was groundbraking when in came out. It has become the next big thing in React Tooling. But are Server Components SSR? Is React just PHP in disguise now? Will we run into issues colocating backend and frontend code? How much of what we already know needs to be unlearned? Do these questions even matter?

We will deep dive React Server Components conceptually and maybe come away with some answers.