Next.js in production?

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I played around with Next.js, I am not a framework loyalist (although I prefer Laravel or Django), so I will build with whatever is in front of me.

Next.js has some interesting features; I like React, and having an API next to the React UI is very appealing.

Problem! Next.js seems to be heavily tied to Vercel, I am not sure I like having such tight integration with one particular company. This seems sketchy long-term.

Nonetheless, Next.js is just a node project, right? So technically it should just work in Docker. I spun up a docker stack and it seems to work fine for a simple project ( I built a basic image cropping & resizing tool).

Have you deployed a real project in production (With Docker or bare metal) with large projects? and what has been your experience?