React Server Components + GraphQL Migration: Results Migrating modern React applications to use React Server Components (RSC) paired with GraphQL has emerged as a high-impact strategy for teams prioritizing performance, bundle size reduction, and efficient data fetching. This article breaks down real-world migration results, key challenges, and actionable best practices for teams considering the shift. Why Pair React Server Components with GraphQL? React Server Components, introduced in React 18, render exclusively on the server, eliminating the need to ship component code to the client. They integrate natively with backend data sources, making them a natural fit for GraphQL, a query language that allows clients to request exactly the data they need in a single round trip. The synergy between the two is clear: RSCs can fetch GraphQL data directly on the server during render, avoiding client-side data fetching waterfalls, over-fetching, and unnecessary JavaScript bundle bloat.…