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Next.js projects keep leaking money through boundary confusion: server actions in the wrong layer, giant client trees, and AI patches that make the code compile while making review worse.

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Server actions versus API patching

Pick one mutation path per feature. Hybrid patches usually rot first.

AI-generated App Router work often mixes server actions, client fetches, and ad hoc API routes in the same feature just to keep momentum. That produces a codebase where no reviewer can tell which path is canonical.

Write one rule for when a form uses a server action versus an API route.
Delete fallback mutation helpers that exist only because an earlier draft could not decide.
Review pending PRs for duplicated mutation paths before another one merges.

Client surface area creep

Push the interactive island down. Stop paying client cost for static layout.

A single client wrapper often drags an entire subtree across the boundary.

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Architecture notes that earn their keep

A tiny rulebook beats another invisible convention.

Teams do not need a heavy architecture handbook for this layer.

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What unlocks with this issue

A founder-only archive issue with one architecture verdict per topic
A repair task that can be executed in an existing Next.js codebase this month
A smaller rule set for code review, not another large process document

Who this issue is built for

Teams fighting App Router drift after multiple AI-assisted merges
Leads who need fewer but stronger frontend architecture rules
Consultants cleaning up mixed mutation paths before scale work begins

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