How can I test the Next.js `` component with large images locally to identify potential 500 errors before deploying?

To test locally, use a representative set of large images. Run the Next.js development server (`npm run dev` or `yarn dev`). Monitor your system's memory usage while loading the images. If you see memory consumption approaching your system's limits, it's likely the same issue will occur in a serverless environment. You can also simulate serverless function constraints by limiting the memory available to the Node.js process running the development server (though this is more advanced).