alt Hacker NewsI would highly recommend just checking out TanStack Router/Start instead. It fills a different niche, with a slightly different approach, that the Next.js app router just hasn't prioritized enabling anymore.
What app router has become has its ideal uses, but if you explicitly preferred the DX of the pages router, you might enjoy TanStack Router/Start even more.
Last time I tried tanstack router, I spent half a day trying to get breadcrumbs to work. Nit: I also can't stand their docs site.