Comment by andretti1977

My 2cents: Nextjs with page router was a very nice (and simple to learn but powerful) framework.

I have always developed backend apis in nodejs with express and used Nextjs for frontend only and just when I needed SSR.

Developing projects this way had always been a joy.

App router did change everything and destroyed the good reputation of Nextjs: it is hard to learn, to manage and does offer few concrete advantages