🍿 What's Really Slowing Down Your Next.js App?

This week, we're putting your Next.js app under the microscope, what's slowing it down? This along with the latest news, can AI really debug complex React/Next.js bugs? How OpenClaw and Anthropic are enabling AI collaboration, 3 New Coding Models dropped and more.

Let's dive in!

Have you ever wondered why your Next.js app feels sluggish or takes forever to load? 🐌 The new experimental Bundle Analyzer in Next.js 16.1 is here to help!

It's like an X-ray for your app, letting you see inside your JavaScript bundles.

Run the following command and explore your bundle breakdown in a sweet interactive tree map:

Here's an example of what the command will generate.

You can:

✔️ Spot the biggest, scariest modules slowing things down 👻

✔️ Track down sneaky dependencies bloating your app 🕵️‍♀️

✔️ Slim down your server code to speed up startup times ⚡

The Bundle Analyzer is your new best friend for catching performance bugs.

Can AI actually debug complex React/Next.js bugs? The scorecard is humbling.

​TanStack AI New Updates: Send Images, Videos, Audio or any document and Multi-modality support

OpenClaw let multiple AIs work together on one task, now Anthropic ships that idea by default with Agent Teams.

Build Agents that speak to your React apps, with Tambo​

Vercel built an AI Engine Optimization pipeline to track whether coding agents are **actually** recommending their tools.

​Opus 4.6 Model dropped and 10 mins later GPT Codex 2.3 was also dropped, coincidence? Probably not.

Cursor just dropped Composer 1.5, it learns from mistakes 20× more than Composer 1

E2E tests alone give you a false sense of security, here's why your frontend testing strategy needs more than just Playwright and prayers.

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