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It's an experimental feature in the App Router that lets you cache dynamic segments for a few seconds without losing the benefits of dynamic rendering.
This caches the data for 30 secondsand we can always increase the time.
And you don’t always need real-time data. Sometimes, "cached for 30 seconds" is perfect.
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