Server Components: The Mental Model Shift

For years, we've treated the frontend as a standalone app that fetches JSON. React Server Components blur that line, allowing the frontend component to query the database directly during the render pass on the server. This requires a massive shift in mental models. We have to stop thinking 'Client vs. Server' and start thinking 'Interactive vs. Static'. This post explains the benefits (zero bundle size for data components) and the pitfalls (forgetting where your code is running).