Jack Herrington

TanStack Start SSR: 3 Reasons To Love It

The video introduces three reasons to love Tanstack Start’s server-side rendering (SSR) and demonstrates how easy it is to implement SSR with a default, practical setup. It walks through real examples—loading data with loaders, using server functions, and the data-only mode—showing how SSR can preload data, render on the server, and still smoothly support client-side navigation. The presenter emphasizes that SSR can be toggleable, strongly typed, and especially beneficial for dashboards, while stressing that the approach remains lightweight and developer-friendly.