In this conversation, Brian and Aurooba discuss various topics related to Next.js development. They explore the importance of deeper understanding, the decisions involved in styling and storage in JavaScript applications, the advantages of CSS-in-JS libraries, the choice of Supabase as the database solution, handling user authentication, and selecting an email service for communication.

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- StyleX – https://stylexjs.com/
- Vanilla Extract – https://vanilla-extract.style/
- Supabase – https://supabase.com/
- Cassidy's post – https://blog.cassidoo.co/post/annoyed-at-react/
- Brian's website – https://www.briancoords.com
- Aurooba's website – https://aurooba.com

• (00:00) - Introduction
• (02:09) - The Decisions You have to make in Next.js projects
• (04:11) - How should we style things?
• (06:50) - CSS-in-JS
• (09:35) - The problem with CSS-in-JS
• (11:31) - Styling Approach Options
• (19:15) - How will we store data?
• (19:35) - Say no to Firebase
• (20:56) - Choosing Supabase
• (24:35) - How will we authenticate users?
• (28:05) - Choosing an Email service
• (30:58) - Staging environments are becoming more important
• (31:41) - What's next?