Why We Build With Server Components on Every New Site

Riyan Kapoor 3 min readJune 16, 2024

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Ship less JavaScript. Pages load faster. LCP improves measurably. The default in 2026.

Fetch in the component that needs it. No more prop drilling or useEffect for server data.

Interactive UI — forms, drawers, carousels — still need client components. Mix deliberately; don't server-component everything.

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