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title: "An Incredibly Serious Discussion about Next.js at Reactathon"
description: "We loved our time at Reactathon, even when our discussions were... very serious."
source: "https://www.netlify.com/blog/2020/12/20/an-incredibly-serious-discussion-about-next.js-at-reactathon/"
last_updated: "2026-08-05T06:05:09.000Z"
---
Welcome to Blogvent, day 20!

Last week, Netlify sponsored [Reactathon](https://www.reactathon.com/), and we had a blast getting to know other developers in the community in our topic tables and around the event.

One of the talks was given by yours truly, and it was a very, very serious discussion about Next.js, its capabilities, and… maybe a _little_ bit of fun things too.

## Wow! Can I see more?

Of course you can! If you’d like to learn how to write Next.js, we have a Mission just for you on [Jamstack Explorers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qXjtznmhDI&list=PLzlG0L9jlhENGgDUr09a7JdRgSTybmE1P&utm_source=blog&utm_medium=nextjsmission-cs&utm_campaign=devex)!

And [here’s a starter project for Next.js](https://github.com/netlify-templates/next-netlify-starter) if you’d like to get coding:

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