Get it from here Last week, I decided to build identical REST APIs in both Next.js and Elysia to settle a debate I've had with myself for months: Which one is actually faster? What I discovered wasn't just a performance difference. It was a complete shift in how I think about building backend applications. My Next.js version took 45 minutes to set up, configure, and deploy. My Elysia version? 12 minutes. The Next.js API handled requests in 150ms average. The Elysia version? 28ms. And here's the part that really got me: the Elysia code was cleaner, easier to understand, and required less mental overhead than Next.js. I'm not saying Next.js is bad. But I am saying that if you're not considering Elysia for your next project, you're leaving serious performance and productivity on the table. Here's what happened when I dug deeper. Why I Was Frustrated with My Next.js Setup I'm not here to trash-talk Next.js. I've built production apps with it. It's solid. But when I started this API project, something felt wrong.…