<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false"><li>Many developers make the mistake of putting both frontend and backend into a single Next.js project, which can cause scaling issues in production.</li><li>Separating the frontend and backend into different folders or repositories is a smarter approach for performance, scalability, deployment, and team collaboration.</li><li>With separate frontend and backend folders, developers can work independently, speeding up CI/CD pipelines and enhancing productivity, particularly in larger teams.</li><li>Splitting frontend and backend allows for easier management of environment variables, secrets, logs, and configuration tasks, making DevOps responsibilities simpler.</li></ul>

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