React Server Components Don't Make Your App Fast by Default

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Learn why React Server Components don't automatically improve app performance and what you can do to optimize them

intermediate Published 21 May 2026
Action Steps
  1. Migrate a Next.js app from Pages Router to App Router
  2. Implement React Server Components (RSC) throughout the app
  3. Use the 'use client' directive to push components to the client-side
  4. Configure and optimize server-side rendering for improved performance
  5. Test and measure app performance before and after implementing RSC
Who Needs to Know This

Frontend developers and engineers working with React and Next.js can benefit from understanding how to optimize React Server Components for better performance

Key Insight

💡 React Server Components require careful configuration and optimization to achieve improved app performance

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Learn why React Server Components don't automatically improve app performance and what you can do to optimize them

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A Next.js app migrated from Pages Router to App Router. RSC throughout, use client pushed to the...
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