I used this framework in a university lecture while teaching web applications. The main reasons for choosing it were its simplicity, adherence to web standards, and how easy it is for students to grasp. When used together with Cloudflare, you also get a lot of batteries included out of the box.

Teaching the basics was also simpler than with Next. Next has evolved to include many abstractions, features, and tools, which often means the teaching quickly becomes centered around the Next way of building things.

Being able to use RSC in a simple way alongside APIs was also very nice. I’m used to using Hono and really enjoy working with it, but having the best of both worlds through the SDK was great.

And not to mention the realtime features. This was a little cumbersome to get started with, but once set up it became simple to work with.

Working with the SDK in the 0.1 version created some friction for students, but it also became part of the learning process. It was also great to be able to contribute, give feedback to the core team, and gather feedback from students that could help further develop this amazing framework.