SMRTR ProgrammingApr 7, 2026Daily.dev

Moving Railway's Frontend Off Next.js

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Railway migrated their entire production frontend from Next.js to Vite + TanStack Router in just two PRs with zero downtime. Build times dropped from 10+ minutes to under two minutes, eliminating the expensive iteration tax on their client-heavy dashboard. The migration addressed layout limitations and build performance issues while maintaining type-safe routing and fast HMR.

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