--- title: "Next.js — Blog — @asmyshlyaev177" description: "Articles tagged "Next.js" — React, Next.js, TypeScript, and frontend engineering notes by Aleksandr Smyshliaev." canonical: "https://asmyshlyaev177.dev/blog/tags/next-js" image: "https://asmyshlyaev177.dev/og_image.png" --- [← All posts](https://asmyshlyaev177.dev/blog.md) Tag # Next.js 3 posts tagged “Next.js”. [Open source 4](https://asmyshlyaev177.dev/blog/tags/open-source.md) [Next.js 3](https://asmyshlyaev177.dev/blog/tags/next-js.md) [Playwright 3](https://asmyshlyaev177.dev/blog/tags/playwright.md) [React 3](https://asmyshlyaev177.dev/blog/tags/react.md) [TypeScript 3](https://asmyshlyaev177.dev/blog/tags/typescript.md) [AI 2](https://asmyshlyaev177.dev/blog/tags/ai.md) [Side project 2](https://asmyshlyaev177.dev/blog/tags/side-project.md) [State management 2](https://asmyshlyaev177.dev/blog/tags/state-management.md) [Testing 2](https://asmyshlyaev177.dev/blog/tags/testing.md) - ## [Testing Next.js SSR with Playwright: record real responses instead of writing mocks](https://asmyshlyaev177.dev/blog/testing-nextjs-ssr-playwright-record-replay.md) June 17, 2026 Playwright can mock browser requests, but not the fetches Next.js makes during SSR. How I record real API responses once and replay them on CI. It's the VCR pattern Ruby nailed years ago, rebuilt for SSR. - [Playwright](https://asmyshlyaev177.dev/blog/tags/playwright.md) - [Testing](https://asmyshlyaev177.dev/blog/tags/testing.md) - [Next.js](https://asmyshlyaev177.dev/blog/tags/next-js.md) - [Open source](https://asmyshlyaev177.dev/blog/tags/open-source.md) - VCR - Polly.js - ## [Breakpoint variables with pure CSS](https://asmyshlyaev177.dev/blog/breakpoints-variables-with-pure-css.md) May 1, 2025 Define and use responsive breakpoints as variables in pure CSS — no preprocessor or JS — for cleaner, DRY media queries. Works in plain stylesheets and slots straight into a Next.js app. - CSS - [Next.js](https://asmyshlyaev177.dev/blog/tags/next-js.md) - ## [Sharing state between unrelated React components](https://asmyshlyaev177.dev/blog/sharing-state-between-unrelated-react-components.md) July 11, 2024 How to share serializable state between unrelated React components — including server and client components in Next.js — without prop drilling. The whole pattern is a plain object and a few lines of glue. - [React](https://asmyshlyaev177.dev/blog/tags/react.md) - [Next.js](https://asmyshlyaev177.dev/blog/tags/next-js.md) - [State management](https://asmyshlyaev177.dev/blog/tags/state-management.md) --- Site summary for LLMs: · Blog: