MVP means measurable, not minimal aesthetics
Teams often confuse MVP with “ship something thin.” A useful MVP proves a business hypothesis: acquisition, activation, or retention. Pretty screens without instrumentation are still a gamble.
Define the one metric that would change a go/no-go decision. Build the shortest path that moves that metric. Everything else becomes backlog with a clear reason.
Architecture that survives the second year
Over-modularizing early creates ceremony. Under-structuring creates a rewrite. The middle path is a modular monolith or a small set of services with clear boundaries around auth, billing, and core domain logic.
Choose a stack your team can hire for and operate. Framework fashion is expensive when on-call hits at midnight.
SEO and performance are product features
If your web app acquires users through search or content, SSR/SSG, metadata, and Core Web Vitals are not “later.” They are part of the conversion funnel.
Devsair builds Next.js products with SEO, accessibility, and performance wired in from the first release — so growth work is not a rebuild.