The structure of my upcoming AI project’s tech stack

Next.js, Supabase and Hugging Face Transformers.js

Introduction

In the world of modern web development, the choice of tools and libraries can make or break your application. It’s not just about the aesthetics or the speed, but the ease of development, scalability, and integration capabilities that truly distinguish an application. In this article, we’ll combine some of my favorite tools for web development: Next.js+TailwindCSS, Supabase, and the new kid in town, Hugging Face Transformers.js library.

Let’s do a quick overview:

• Next.js, developed by Vercel, is a React-based framework that provides out-of-the-box solutions for rendering on the server side, static site generation, and more. It accelerates the development process, ensuring your application is fast and SEO-friendly from the get-go.
• Supabase is an open-source Firebase alternative that provides you with a database, authentication, real-time subscriptions, and an easy integration with Hugging Face. It empowers developers to build applications with less boilerplate code and more focus on business logic. They introduced Supabase Edge Functions last year, allowing developers to run serverless functions at the edge, closer to the users which reduced latency and enhanced performance and…