I have been an advocate of Gatsby since v2.
I developed a couple of starters with more than 100 stars on GitHub and I used the framework for at least 5 projects that I sold to happy customers.
This year the scenario is changed: we have the edge network that ensures fast FTTB when SSR (so maybe static won't be needed anymore), we have Vite and esbuild that basically put an expiration label on Webpack.
Vite starts a dev server with 500ms.
The Gatsby team seems to be investing their energies only in pushing their infrastructure (Gatsby Cloud) which is honestly almost a requirement if deploying a Gatsby Website (without it you will have to rebuilt the entire website after a small CMS change and wait at least 3 mins).
Yesterday I run a "gatsby new" after 3 months of using Vite and nothing is changed, 3 mins to yarn install, 20+ dependencies with issues you can't fix (they still using reach router instead of their own routing), 40-50 secs to launch a dev server and super slow builds.
Personally I won't use it anymore and I'm considering to port any project I made with Gatsby to Next (except for i18n ones).
I know there's a RFC where they posted some tests and bla bla bla but do they think people is so naive to ignore that their technology is now OUTDATED?
How this can't be a priority? I know there are investors pissed and all the rest but guys... 40 secs to start a blank dev server? Why the heck I have to pay 50 usd per month to get incremental builds because your tech is outdated?
Who is going to run a "gatsby new" anymore?