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Next.js at Scale

What it takes to self-host with confidence

Self-hosting a Next.js application is straightforward until traffic arrives. Caching, regeneration, and connection management work independently, but managing their behavior under load requires significant engineering time and operational oversight.
In this Vercel Live session - join Karson Seeley and Phil Zona, Senior Platform Architects as they deploy a Next.js application to a single VPS and gradually increase traffic. Get a direct look at how Next.js behaves in production as concurrency scales.
Learn how:

Caching behaves under load: what changes when hundreds of concurrent users access your app, including what happens when a cache is misconfigured, runs out of capacity, or needs to regenerate
How to keep content fresh at scale: Incremental Static Regeneration versus on-demand invalidation, including the compute and storage tradeoffs behind each approach
Self-hosting adds up operationally: TLS termination, process management, connection pools, and zero-downtime deploys bridging the gap between local development and reliable production

Event Details

Date: 23 March 2026

Time: 11:00AM PT