Drop is the little social app I've been building to learn the Next.js 16 preview. Cache components, server actions, streaming, and view transitions, all in one place. The data is seeded, but every interaction is real. Poke around and tell me what feels off. #shipping #nextjs

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·Aug 17

Spent the day on how navigation feels. High-value links in Drop opt into runtime prefetch, so opening a drop or a profile is instant:

By the time you click, the next screen is already warm. #nextjs

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·Aug 17

The following feed in Drop is cached per user and invalidated on write. It comes down to one `'use cache'` function with a tag: #opensource #nextjs

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<Link href={href} prefetch={true} />

async function getFeed(handle) {
  'use cache'
  cacheTag(`feed-${handle}`)
  return db.drops.forFollowing(handle)
}

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Echo @echo