Next/React sites can be SSRd just fine. If a db call is slow it's going to be just as slow for a PHP page as for a React page.

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martinald 3 days ago | parent [-]

But even if you SSR them you still need to send at least 100KB (and probably far more) of JS down to the browser to hydrate state and handle any interactivity.

	▲	robertoandred a day ago \| parent [-]
		You need JS to handle interactivity no matter what. And 100KB is nothing, a single image is larger.