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UNDERSTANDING REACT SERVER COMPONENTS

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Summary from the TLDR Web Dev newsletter

React Server Components (RSCs) come with the "double data problem," where the same data is sent as both HTML and a "payload" (serialized React Element tree), potentially increasing bandwidth usage. RSCs use techniques like streaming and React's `Suspense` to optimize performance, but careful consideration of component placement (client vs. server) is necessary to avoid issues.