# react-best-practices > React and Next.js performance optimization guidelines from Vercel Engineering. - Author: Victor de Andrade - Repository: 50sotero/victor-website-cv - Version: 20260131131915 - Stars: 0 - Forks: 0 - Last Updated: 2026-02-07 - Source: https://github.com/50sotero/victor-website-cv - Web: https://mule.run/skillshub/@@50sotero/victor-website-cv~react-best-practices:20260131131915 --- --- name: react-best-practices description: React and Next.js performance optimization guidelines from Vercel Engineering. --- # React Best Practices React and Next.js performance optimization guidelines from Vercel Engineering. Contains 40+ rules across 8 categories, prioritized by impact. ## Use when: - Writing new React components or Next.js pages - Implementing data fetching (client or server-side) - Reviewing code for performance issues - Optimizing bundle size or load times ## Categories covered: - Eliminating waterfalls (Critical) - Bundle size optimization (Critical) - Server-side performance (High) - Client-side data fetching (Medium-High) - Re-render optimization (Medium) - Rendering performance (Medium) - JavaScript micro-optimizations (Low-Medium)