--- title: "Next.js BFF With Separate Backend Is My Favorite Architecture" url: https://daily.dev/posts/next-js-bff-with-separate-backend-is-my-favorite-architecture-p3p0mpa10 source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7Dgb4FhBxE type: video:youtube source: "ByteGrad" published: 2024-12-03T17:04:09.090Z updated: 2024-12-08T21:16:13.392Z tags: ["webdev", "php", "nextjs", "ecommerce"] reading_time: 10 upvotes: 32 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Next.js BFF With Separate Backend Is My Favorite Architecture **[ByteGrad](https://daily.dev/sources/bytegrad)** · 10 min read · 32 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The post discusses the benefits of using a separate backend with a Next.js application, highlighting scenarios where this architecture is advantageous. Examples include using different languages, handling heavy processing, and managing large product catalogs independently. The post includes a detailed example of setting up a decoupled backend using WooCommerce on Cloudways, with the front end hosted separately on Vercel, demonstrating how to fetch and display data from the backend in a Next.js app. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php), [#nextjs](https://daily.dev/tags/nextjs), [#ecommerce](https://daily.dev/tags/ecommerce) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/next-js-bff-with-separate-backend-is-my-favorite-architecture-p3p0mpa10)