This episode of Next in Dev covers the release of Payload CMS 3.69 and its new modular dashboards, the "Code Orange" resiliency push at Cloudflare, and JetBrains finally allowing developers to bring your own keys for AI features. I also dive into the holiday internet outage on December 24th, the latest legal battles between authors and AI companies like xAI, and Google's new Gemini integrations with NotebookLM.

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00:00 - Payload CMS News

01:25 - Next.js News

01:51 - Cloudflare News

02:24 - AWS News

02:47 - AI News

03:46 - OpenAI News

04:46 - Cursor News

05:09 - Gemini News

05:43 - Railway News

07:15 - JetBrains News

07:42 - Closing Thoughts and Next Steps

This episode of Next in Dev breaks down the rapid-fire Payload CMS security patches, the official release of Next.js 16.1.0, and OpenAI’s massive infrastructure and coding news.

Payload CMS released versions 3.68.3 through 3.68.5 to address critical security vulnerabilities, mandating a minimum of Next.js 15.4.10 for all projects. This week also marked the official launch of Next.js 16.1, which stabilizes Turbopack for near-instant server restarts and introduces a built-in Bundle Analyzer to help you hunt down bloated dependencies. Meanwhile, the AI landscape continues to shift as OpenAI targets the enterprise with GPT-5.2-Codex and a massive $10 billion Amazon partnership, while shadcn/ui introduces a new CLI standard to help developers move beyond generic Tailwind designs.

00:00 - Payload CMS News

01:04 - Shadcn News

01:29 - Next.js News

02:12 - OpenAI News

04:19 - Anthropic News

04:54 - Thoughts on Cursor Migrating From a CMS

05:20 - Railway News

07:02 - Closing Thoughts and Next Step

Welcome to Next In Dev! This episode covers major updates across the web dev ecosystem, including new Payload CMS versions, another Cloudflare outage, and massive AI news from Disney and Anthropic.We dive into the new features and bug fixes in Payload CMS v3.67 and v3.68, focusing on new ways to save query presets with groupBy, the breaking changes to e-commerce guest carts, and early Turbo Pack support for Next.js 16 compatibility.

There's also a new vulnerability in Next.js. Be sure to update your version to a patched version.

Chapters: 

00:00 - Payload CMS News

01:43 - Figma News

02:13 - Next.js News

02:29 - Cloudflare News

03:07 - OpenAI News

03:31 - Cursor News

04:03 - Anthropic News

04:49 - Railway News

05:31 - JetBrains News

06:28 - Closing Thoughts and Next Steps

In this episode, I cover the latest updates in modern web dev, including new Payload CMS releases. I also touch on Figma’s new Bengaluru office, and break down the Next.js 16.0.3 stability improvements. I also talk about OpenAI’s GPT-5.1 rollout, recent legal pressure on the company, and Railway’s new real-time notifications, template improvements, and RBAC updates.

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Course pre-launch: https://courses.nlvcodes.com/l/payload-cms-basics

What’s up, everyone? Welcome to Next in Dev. In this issue, I cover a small change to Payload CMS, some AI fluff, and more Railway magic.

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What’s up, everyone? Welcome to Next in Dev. In this episode, I’ll discuss exciting new updates from Payload and Railway and more.

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Dark mode vs. light mode isn’t just a vibe, it’s accessibility. In this episode of Next in Dev, I explain when dark mode helps and when light mode is the better choice. I also share why I record in light mode and how I design for both experiences using Tailwind’s dark: utilities and prefers-contrast.

Weekly dev roundup: Next.js 15.5 cache changes, Turbopack/PPR updates, GPT-5 reality check, Payload 3.51–3.52, Figma AI tools, Tailwind fixes, Vercel runtime cache + Node 18 deprecation, Cursor & Railway news. I also cover Claude Sonnet 4’s 1M-token context, v0.app, and BotID.

I tried Claude Code for 30 days. Here's what I learned.Is Claude Code worth paying for? Or is it just a money pit? I spent a month using it from the command line, and in this video I break down what I learned in that month. If you’re on the fence about AI coding tools, this will help you decide with less hype.

Payload CMS introduces soft-delete and moreFigma goes publicNext.js back-ports bug fixesRailway gains SOC 2 compliance and Cloudflare accuses Perplexity of stealth crawling