Real-Time Collaboration Is No Longer Optional: Building Modern Editors with Next.js and Velt

Users today expect apps to provide built-in collaboration features—comments, presence indicators, and notifications—without requiring context-switching to external tools. This guide demonstrates how developers can leverage Velt, a purpose-built collaboration SDK, to abstract away backend complexity and focus on product logic instead. By combining Next.js, TipTap, and Velt, you can ship production-grade collaborative editors at a fraction of the traditional development cost.