Next.js Setup Thought Dump

[lforst]

• Webpack plugins on Next.js are annoying to set up, I don't want to add a plugin.
• Webpack plugin solution feels very hacky.
• When I use the webpack plugin in Next.js I get

  rror: Cannot find module '/Users/lucaforstner/code/github/lforst/binja.io/services/next/node_modules/@spotlightjs/sidecar/src/run.js'
     at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1077:15)
     at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:922:27)
     at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:86:12)
     at node:internal/main/run_main_module:23:47 {
   code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
   require stack: []
  
  

  Package location cannot be assumed in this way because of monorepos. You need some kind of node module resolution solution (require.resolve or resolve npm module).
• Docs tell me to do npx @spotlightjs/sidecar but how do I configure my package.json scripts to run the sidecar in parallel to my dev server? I don't really want to have to manually start the sidecar.
• The docs should tell me how to run the sidecar programmatically, i.e. how to use setupSidecar
• Do I call Spotlight.init() before or after Sentry.init()?
• The spotlight landing page says nothing that this is basically an extension of the Sentry SDKs. There is nothing in the docs or the landing page that says I need the Sentry SDKs until I explicitly click on "setup" in the docs. I thought the "Thirty Seconds to Liftoff" from the landingpage was enough to get started. If I press "get started" on the landing page, I still don't see any setup related to the Sentry SDKs.
• The docs should probably tell you to only init behind a dev environment guard if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
• Spotlight doesn't seem to pick up more events than the initial pageload transaction. No errors or navigation transactions.
• If there is no side-car, it doesn't pick up anything at all. What if I just want to track my frontend errors and dont want to bother setting up a sidecar? https://github.com/getsentry/spotlight/issues/133

[BYK]

Related: #987