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Scale Next.js Image Optimization with a Dedicated Platformatic Application

Mar 10 · 9 min read · Image optimization with Next.js is a popular feature, but one that quietly causes instability (in the form of latency spikes) for your frontend. This is because image resizing and encoding are very C

Building an Auditable AI Gateway with Platformatic Watt

Mar 4 · 11 min read · Every engineering team that adopts AI quickly hits the same wall: a simple provider integration that worked for a demo turns into an operational bottleneck at scale. Tracking usage, containing costs,

How We Made @platformatic/kafka 223% Faster (And What We Learned Along the Way)

Nov 27, 2025 · 7 min read · A few months ago, we wrote about why we built yet another Kafka client for Node.js. The benchmarks looked promising—we were outperforming KafkaJS and holding our own against the native clients. However, something was concerning. The numbers didn't al...

Watt v3.18 Unlocks Next.js 16's Revolutionary 'use cache' Directive with Redis/Valkey

Nov 18, 2025 · 7 min read · We're excited to announce that Watt 3.18.0 now supports Next.js 16.0, bringing a transformative shift in how you build performant Next.js applications. This is a game-changer because Next.js 16 fundamentally reimagines React caching. For the first ti...