React and Next.js development
React with Next.js is our default for anything with a user interface: it renders on the server where that matters for speed and search, and stays interactive where the product needs it.
Where we use it
For AI products specifically, the front end carries more weight than usual. Streaming responses without layout shift, a considered state for the pause before the first token, showing sources for generated answers, and letting a user cancel a long-running request are all front-end problems.
We use TypeScript throughout and keep the component structure conventional, so another React developer can pick it up without a tour.
- Server rendering for speed and indexability
- Streaming AI responses without layout shift
- Typed components and a sane project structure
- Accessible by construction: keyboard, focus, semantics
- Core Web Vitals treated as a budget, not a report
- Deployed to your hosting, not a platform we control
Why this pairing for AI interfaces
AI products stream. Tokens arrive over seconds, the layout has to stay stable while text grows, and the user needs to be able to interrupt. React's rendering model handles that well, and Next.js server components mean the shell reaches the browser fast while the streamed content fills in behind it.
It also solves a problem specific to this market: an AI product still needs to be found. A client-rendered application that shows nothing until JavaScript executes competes badly in search. Server rendering makes the marketing pages and the product the same codebase.
What we do differently on these builds
Streaming state gets designed first, not last: what the screen shows in the half-second before the first token, what happens when a response stops halfway, how a user cancels, and what an error looks like when it arrives mid-sentence.
Accessibility is built in rather than audited afterwards — live regions announcing streamed content, focus that does not jump as text arrives, and full keyboard operation. Retrofitting any of that is several times the cost of doing it first.
Frequently asked questions
Next.js or plain React?
Next.js when server rendering, routing or SEO matter, which is most public-facing products. Plain React is fine for an internal dashboard behind a login.
Can you match our design system?
Yes — we build to an existing system exactly, or establish tokens and components if you do not have one.
Tell us what you are building.
Send a short description of the problem and we will reply within one business day with an honest view of scope, cost and whether we are the right person for it.
Or email directly: contact@hire-ai-dev.com