We moved Railway's frontend off Next.js. Builds went from 10+ mins to under two

Railway migrated its frontend off Next.js and reported build times dropping from over 10 minutes to under two minutes.

Commenters compared long frontend build times to compiling the Linux kernel and shared similar migration experiences.

Other teams reported consolidating Next.js landing pages and SPAs into Vite + TanStack Start to reduce build time.

Multiple users reported Next.js build times of several minutes in real projects and expressed frustration with slow builds.