React Server Components: A Mental Model That Sticks
Stop fighting the new boundary. A short field guide for engineers shipping App Router apps.
- Author
- Randhir Jassal
- Published
- Reading time
- 6 min read
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The boundary
RSC moves rendering to the server by default. "use client" is an opt-in escape hatch — not a default.
What you gain
- Zero JS for static UI
- Direct DB calls from components
- Streaming with
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Anti-patterns
Avoid drilling client state through server components — lift it into a client island instead.
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