I've been doing web dev for almost 10 years and I've been extremely impressed with Next recently; I think it's the most "practical" framework out there right now assuming you're not wanting to go 100% client-side or 100% static-rendered (you can do each of those on their own very easily without it). The way it lets you mix both, as well as server-rendered where needed, is a game-changer.

I'm more ambivalent on Apollo/GraphQL, but I know some people have been happy with the decision to use it