The hydration error of doom



This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Okeke Gabriel

🚨 I finally defeated the Hydration Error of Doom 🚨
This might sound dramatic, but if you’ve ever built with Next.js and dynamic components, you know what I’m talking about.
For the past few days, I’ve been battling one of the trickiest bugs I’ve faced in my young LinkedIn dev journey:
Hydration failed because the initial UI does not match what was rendered on the server.
Yeah… that one 😅
After testing, reading, breaking things (a lot), and learning the hard way. I found the fix.
✅ dynamic(() => import(), { ssr: false })
✅ Proper handling
✅ Client/server logic separation
The best part? I didn’t just fix a bug.
I leveled up in patience, problem-solving, and trust in my process.
To anyone struggling through their first “impossible” bug:
Keep pushing. The breakthrough always feels better than the bug.
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This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Okeke Gabriel