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One engineer rebuilt Next.js with AI in one week. In this episode of This Week in NET (the second this week focused on building with AI), Steve Faulkner, Engineering Director at Cloudflare, explains how vinext began as an experiment and evolved into a working proof of concept. The results: • 4x faster local builds • 57% smaller bundles • Roughly $1,100 in token costs We also discuss whether AI-assisted rebuilds will become common — and what this shift could mean for software development in 2026 and beyond. Full episode + subscribe: https://ThisWeekinNET.com

