Frontend First

Server-side rendering vs. Server Components

Episode Notes

Sam and Ryan explore different ways to think about the RSC architecture, including what problems RSC solve, why RSC are valuable even in a world without server-side rendering, and how React’s reconciliation phase enables RSC to make partial updates to the UI as a result of server-side events.

Topics include:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 5:45 - What if RSC were introduced before SSR?
• 10:54 - What does it mean to render RSC?
• 25:41 - Why SSR does not apply to Server Components
• 35:31 - Server-driven UI updates