I'm curious what do you think is missing from Next.js that would make it better at connecting to databases and backend APIs?
There is a bit of evidence that people are building heavily used web apps with Next.js that connect to databases, backend APIs, and expose APIs of their own, for example:
https://nextjs.org/showcase
There is a bit of evidence that people are building heavily used web apps with Next.js that connect to databases, backend APIs, and expose APIs of their own, for example: https://nextjs.org/showcase