SST and OpenNext

Dax Raad joins KBall and Nick to chat about SST, a framework that makes it easier to build full-stack applications on AWS. We chat about how the project got started and its goals. Then we discuss OpenNext, an open source, framework-agnostic server less adapter for Next.js.

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Featuring:

• Dax Raad – Twitter, GitHub, Website
• Nick Nisi – Twitter, GitHub, Website
• Kevin Ball – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website

Show Notes:

• AWS Amplify
• OpenNext
• SST
• Next.JS
• React

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Timestamps:

(00:00) - It's party time, y'all
(00:55) - Welcoming Dax to the show
(02:05) - What is SST?
(05:04) - Serverless frameworks
(07:58) - How a team chooses SST
(10:54) - Application layer concerns
(13:18) - The business model
(19:15) - Sponsor: KBall Coaching
(19:59) - Open source contribs
(23:48) - The open source vision
(26:52) - AWS: It's complicated
(30:06) - SST beyond AWS
(31:24) - Sponsor: Changelog++
(32:18) - OpenNext and AWS
(37:11) - Next 13 features?
(38:36) - OpenNext on other platforms
(40:47) - Who is Jim?
(43:20) - Marketing gold
(47:24) - What kind of Terraform?
(49:29) - The roadmap
(51:15) - Wrapping up
(55:52) - Next up on the pod