diff --git a/docs/pages/_app.js b/docs/pages/_app.js
index d506bd7ddb6ace..cbbf2a0391a4b4 100644
--- a/docs/pages/_app.js
+++ b/docs/pages/_app.js
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ function AppWrapper(props) {
   return (
     <React.Fragment>
       <NextHead>
+        <meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1, width=device-width" />
         {fonts.map((font) => (
           <link rel="stylesheet" href={font} key={font} />
         ))}
diff --git a/docs/src/modules/components/Head.js b/docs/src/modules/components/Head.js
index 4a753687b64cf0..a7ae243b4a2c71 100644
--- a/docs/src/modules/components/Head.js
+++ b/docs/src/modules/components/Head.js
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ export default function Head(props) {
   const preview = card.startsWith('http') ? card : `${HOST}${card}`;
   return (
     <NextHead>
-      <meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1, width=device-width" />
       <title>{title}</title>
       <meta name="description" content={description} />
       {/* Twitter */}
diff --git a/docs/src/modules/components/Link.tsx b/docs/src/modules/components/Link.tsx
index 27b166e411df07..97731549c33700 100644
--- a/docs/src/modules/components/Link.tsx
+++ b/docs/src/modules/components/Link.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { useUserLanguage } from 'docs/src/modules/utils/i18n';
  *
  * - /docs/src/modules/components/Link.tsx
  * - /examples/nextjs/src/Link.tsx
- * - /examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/components/Link.tsx
+ * - /examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/Link.tsx
  */
 
 // Add support for the sx prop for consistency with the other branches.
diff --git a/docs/src/pages/guides/routing/routing.md b/docs/src/pages/guides/routing/routing.md
index bd2fb31d34c51e..aad05eeb556b93 100644
--- a/docs/src/pages/guides/routing/routing.md
+++ b/docs/src/pages/guides/routing/routing.md
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ const LinkBehavior = React.forwardRef((props, ref) => (
 Next.js has [a custom Link component](https://nextjs.org/docs/api-reference/next/link).
 The [example folder](https://github.com/mui-org/material-ui/tree/HEAD/examples/nextjs-with-typescript) provides adapters for usage with MUI.
 
-- The first version of the adapter is the [`NextLinkComposed`](https://github.com/mui-org/material-ui/blob/HEAD/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/components/Link.tsx) component.
+- The first version of the adapter is the [`NextLinkComposed`](https://github.com/mui-org/material-ui/blob/HEAD/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/Link.tsx) component.
   This component is unstyled and only responsible for handling the navigation.
   The prop `href` was renamed `to` to avoid a naming conflict.
   This is similar to react-router's Link component.
diff --git a/examples/create-react-app-with-typescript/README.md b/examples/create-react-app-with-typescript/README.md
index ca8c6861e9aefb..49dcb4a937385b 100644
--- a/examples/create-react-app-with-typescript/README.md
+++ b/examples/create-react-app-with-typescript/README.md
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ or:
 
 [![Edit on CodeSandbox](https://codesandbox.io/static/img/play-codesandbox.svg)](https://codesandbox.io/s/github/mui-org/material-ui/tree/master/examples/create-react-app-with-typescript)
 
+<!-- #default-branch-switch -->
+
+[![Edit on StackBlitz](https://developer.stackblitz.com/img/open_in_stackblitz.svg)](https://stackblitz.com/github/mui-org/material-ui/tree/master/examples/create-react-app-with-typescript)
+
 ## The idea behind the example
 
 This example demonstrates how you can use [Create React App](https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app) with [TypeScript](https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript).
diff --git a/examples/create-react-app/README.md b/examples/create-react-app/README.md
index bb72afcbec8a89..c25790da518be9 100644
--- a/examples/create-react-app/README.md
+++ b/examples/create-react-app/README.md
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ or:
 
 [![Edit on CodeSandbox](https://codesandbox.io/static/img/play-codesandbox.svg)](https://codesandbox.io/s/github/mui-org/material-ui/tree/master/examples/create-react-app)
 
+<!-- #default-branch-switch -->
+
+[![Edit on StackBlitz](https://developer.stackblitz.com/img/open_in_stackblitz.svg)](https://stackblitz.com/github/mui-org/material-ui/tree/master/examples/create-react-app)
+
 ## The idea behind the example
 
 <!-- #default-branch-switch -->
diff --git a/examples/gatsby/README.md b/examples/gatsby/README.md
index 5c05fe4e2d4bba..91a6173418a6ba 100644
--- a/examples/gatsby/README.md
+++ b/examples/gatsby/README.md
@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@ npm install
 npm run develop
 ```
 
-or:
-
-<!-- #default-branch-switch -->
-
-[![Edit on CodeSandbox](https://codesandbox.io/static/img/play-codesandbox.svg)](https://codesandbox.io/s/github/mui-org/material-ui/tree/master/examples/gatsby)
-
 ## The idea behind the example
 
 The project uses [Gatsby](https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby), which is a static site generator for React.
diff --git a/examples/gatsby/plugins/gatsby-plugin-mui-emotion/gatsby-ssr.js b/examples/gatsby/plugins/gatsby-plugin-mui-emotion/gatsby-ssr.js
index dc53a1d535d636..388bb20bb069aa 100644
--- a/examples/gatsby/plugins/gatsby-plugin-mui-emotion/gatsby-ssr.js
+++ b/examples/gatsby/plugins/gatsby-plugin-mui-emotion/gatsby-ssr.js
@@ -1,10 +1,24 @@
-/* eslint-disable import/prefer-default-export */
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { CacheProvider } from '@emotion/react';
 import createEmotionServer from '@emotion/server/create-instance';
 import { renderToString } from 'react-dom/server';
 import getEmotionCache from './getEmotionCache';
 
+// Inject MUI styles first to match with the prepend: true configuration.
+export const onPreRenderHTML = ({ getHeadComponents, replaceHeadComponents }) => {
+  const headComponents = getHeadComponents();
+  headComponents.sort((x, y) => {
+    if (x.key === 'emotion-css-global' || x.key === 'emotion-css') {
+      return -1;
+    }
+    if (y.key === 'style') {
+      return 1;
+    }
+    return 0;
+  });
+  replaceHeadComponents(headComponents);
+};
+
 export const replaceRenderer = ({ bodyComponent, setHeadComponents, replaceBodyHTMLString }) => {
   const cache = getEmotionCache();
   const { extractCriticalToChunks } = createEmotionServer(cache);
@@ -17,7 +31,7 @@ export const replaceRenderer = ({ bodyComponent, setHeadComponents, replaceBodyH
     emotionStyles.styles.map((style) => (
       <style
         data-emotion={`${style.key} ${style.ids.join(' ')}`}
-        key={style.key}
+        key={`emotion-${style.key}`}
         // eslint-disable-next-line react/no-danger
         dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: style.css }}
       />
diff --git a/examples/gatsby/plugins/gatsby-plugin-mui-emotion/getEmotionCache.js b/examples/gatsby/plugins/gatsby-plugin-mui-emotion/getEmotionCache.js
index c02370fcf1ed54..30f9f28d6793ab 100644
--- a/examples/gatsby/plugins/gatsby-plugin-mui-emotion/getEmotionCache.js
+++ b/examples/gatsby/plugins/gatsby-plugin-mui-emotion/getEmotionCache.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import createCache from '@emotion/cache';
 
+// prepend: true moves MUI styles to the top of the <head> so they're loaded first.
+// It allows developers to easily override MUI styles with other styling solutions, like CSS modules.
 export default function getEmotionCache() {
   return createCache({ key: 'css', prepend: true });
 }
diff --git a/examples/gatsby/sandbox.config.json b/examples/gatsby/sandbox.config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 961c53005f85e0..00000000000000
--- a/examples/gatsby/sandbox.config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "container": {
-    "node": "12"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/examples/joy-cra-typescript/README.md b/examples/joy-cra-typescript/README.md
index 6e8a2ec4701314..1f8e5d6f146062 100644
--- a/examples/joy-cra-typescript/README.md
+++ b/examples/joy-cra-typescript/README.md
@@ -24,4 +24,6 @@ or:
 
 <!-- #default-branch-switch -->
 
+[![Edit on StackBlitz](https://developer.stackblitz.com/img/open_in_stackblitz.svg)](https://stackblitz.com/github/mui-org/material-ui/tree/master/examples/joy-cra-typescript)
+
 [![Edit on CodeSandbox](https://codesandbox.io/static/img/play-codesandbox.svg)](https://codesandbox.io/s/github/mui-org/material-ui/tree/master/examples/joy-cra-typescript)
diff --git a/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/.editorconfig b/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/.editorconfig
deleted file mode 100644
index a5dbedc1123bee..00000000000000
--- a/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/.editorconfig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-# http://editorconfig.org
-
-root = true
-
-[*]
-charset = utf-8
-indent_style = space
-indent_size = 2
-end_of_line = lf
-insert_final_newline = true
-trim_trailing_whitespace = true
-
-[*.json]
-indent_size = 2
-
-[*.md]
-trim_trailing_whitespace = false
-
-[*.{yml,yaml}]
-indent_size = 2
-
-[Makefile]
-indent_style = tab
diff --git a/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/.eslintrc.json b/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/.eslintrc.json
deleted file mode 100644
index e5a34aec6abe81..00000000000000
--- a/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/.eslintrc.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "env": {
-    "browser": true
-  }
-}
diff --git a/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/README.md b/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/README.md
index a705796b85248c..f47ffcab6f25cf 100644
--- a/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/README.md
+++ b/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/README.md
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ or:
 
 <!-- #default-branch-switch -->
 
+[![Edit on StackBlitz](https://developer.stackblitz.com/img/open_in_stackblitz.svg)](https://stackblitz.com/github/mui-org/material-ui/tree/master/examples/nextjs-with-typescript)
+
 [![Edit on CodeSandbox](https://codesandbox.io/static/img/play-codesandbox.svg)](https://codesandbox.io/s/github/mui-org/material-ui/tree/master/examples/nextjs-with-typescript)
 
 ## The idea behind the example
diff --git a/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/next-env.d.ts b/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/next-env.d.ts
index 9bc3dd46b9d9b2..4f11a03dc6cc37 100644
--- a/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/next-env.d.ts
+++ b/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/next-env.d.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 /// <reference types="next" />
-/// <reference types="next/types/global" />
 /// <reference types="next/image-types/global" />
 
 // NOTE: This file should not be edited
diff --git a/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/package.json b/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/package.json
index b5a027f124fc4c..a0a0640626f7ff 100644
--- a/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/package.json
+++ b/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
     "dev": "next dev",
     "build": "next build",
     "start": "next start",
-    "lint": "next lint"
+    "lint": "next lint",
+    "post-update": "echo \"codesandbox preview only, need an update\" && yarn upgrade --latest"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@emotion/cache": "latest",
diff --git a/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/pages/_app.tsx b/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/pages/_app.tsx
similarity index 87%
rename from examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/pages/_app.tsx
rename to examples/nextjs-with-typescript/pages/_app.tsx
index 9f214910ea4611..25054b5eb00fb1 100644
--- a/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/pages/_app.tsx
+++ b/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/pages/_app.tsx
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import { AppProps } from 'next/app';
 import { ThemeProvider } from '@mui/material/styles';
 import CssBaseline from '@mui/material/CssBaseline';
 import { CacheProvider, EmotionCache } from '@emotion/react';
-import theme from '../styles/theme';
-import createEmotionCache from '../utils/createEmotionCache';
+import theme from '../src/theme';
+import createEmotionCache from '../src/createEmotionCache';
 
 // Client-side cache, shared for the whole session of the user in the browser.
 const clientSideEmotionCache = createEmotionCache();
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ export default function MyApp(props: MyAppProps) {
   return (
     <CacheProvider value={emotionCache}>
       <Head>
-        <title>Change title in _app.tsx</title>
         <meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1, width=device-width" />
       </Head>
       <ThemeProvider theme={theme}>
diff --git a/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/pages/_document.tsx b/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/pages/_document.tsx
similarity index 87%
rename from examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/pages/_document.tsx
rename to examples/nextjs-with-typescript/pages/_document.tsx
index 01d931ae80d99f..9a67bf4cdcdf31 100644
--- a/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/pages/_document.tsx
+++ b/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/pages/_document.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import Document, { Html, Head, Main, NextScript } from 'next/document';
 import createEmotionServer from '@emotion/server/create-instance';
-import theme from '../styles/theme';
-import createEmotionCache from '../utils/createEmotionCache';
+import theme from '../src/theme';
+import createEmotionCache from '../src/createEmotionCache';
 
 export default class MyDocument extends Document {
   render() {
@@ -11,11 +11,13 @@ export default class MyDocument extends Document {
         <Head>
           {/* PWA primary color */}
           <meta name="theme-color" content={theme.palette.primary.main} />
+          <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/static/favicon.ico" />
           <link
             rel="stylesheet"
             href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:300,400,500,700&display=swap"
           />
-          <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons" />
+          {/* Inject MUI styles first to match with the prepend: true configuration. */}
+          {(this.props as any).emotionStyleTags}
         </Head>
         <body>
           <Main />
@@ -81,7 +83,6 @@ MyDocument.getInitialProps = async (ctx) => {
 
   return {
     ...initialProps,
-    // Styles fragment is rendered after the app and page rendering finish.
-    styles: [...emotionStyleTags, ...React.Children.toArray(initialProps.styles)],
+    emotionStyleTags,
   };
 };
diff --git a/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/pages/about.tsx b/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/pages/about.tsx
similarity index 87%
rename from examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/pages/about.tsx
rename to examples/nextjs-with-typescript/pages/about.tsx
index 9c83a5c60b61ac..681ecaba1954e2 100644
--- a/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/pages/about.tsx
+++ b/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/pages/about.tsx
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import Container from '@mui/material/Container';
 import Typography from '@mui/material/Typography';
 import Box from '@mui/material/Box';
 import Button from '@mui/material/Button';
-import Link from '../components/Link';
-import ProTip from '../components/ProTip';
-import Copyright from '../components/Copyright';
+import Link from '../src/Link';
+import ProTip from '../src/ProTip';
+import Copyright from '../src/Copyright';
 
 const About: NextPage = () => {
   return (
diff --git a/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/pages/index.tsx b/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/pages/index.tsx
similarity index 85%
rename from examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/pages/index.tsx
rename to examples/nextjs-with-typescript/pages/index.tsx
index 411aa808913c3e..e8f815b4812d03 100644
--- a/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/pages/index.tsx
+++ b/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/pages/index.tsx
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ import type { NextPage } from 'next';
 import Container from '@mui/material/Container';
 import Typography from '@mui/material/Typography';
 import Box from '@mui/material/Box';
-import Link from '../components/Link';
-import ProTip from '../components/ProTip';
-import Copyright from '../components/Copyright';
+import Link from '../src/Link';
+import ProTip from '../src/ProTip';
+import Copyright from '../src/Copyright';
 
 const Home: NextPage = () => {
   return (
diff --git a/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/public/vercel.svg b/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/public/vercel.svg
deleted file mode 100644
index fbf0e25a651c28..00000000000000
--- a/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/public/vercel.svg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-<svg width="283" height="64" viewBox="0 0 283 64" fill="none" 
-    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
-    <path d="M141.04 16c-11.04 0-19 7.2-19 18s8.96 18 20 18c6.67 0 12.55-2.64 16.19-7.09l-7.65-4.42c-2.02 2.21-5.09 3.5-8.54 3.5-4.79 0-8.86-2.5-10.37-6.5h28.02c.22-1.12.35-2.28.35-3.5 0-10.79-7.96-17.99-19-17.99zm-9.46 14.5c1.25-3.99 4.67-6.5 9.45-6.5 4.79 0 8.21 2.51 9.45 6.5h-18.9zM248.72 16c-11.04 0-19 7.2-19 18s8.96 18 20 18c6.67 0 12.55-2.64 16.19-7.09l-7.65-4.42c-2.02 2.21-5.09 3.5-8.54 3.5-4.79 0-8.86-2.5-10.37-6.5h28.02c.22-1.12.35-2.28.35-3.5 0-10.79-7.96-17.99-19-17.99zm-9.45 14.5c1.25-3.99 4.67-6.5 9.45-6.5 4.79 0 8.21 2.51 9.45 6.5h-18.9zM200.24 34c0 6 3.92 10 10 10 4.12 0 7.21-1.87 8.8-4.92l7.68 4.43c-3.18 5.3-9.14 8.49-16.48 8.49-11.05 0-19-7.2-19-18s7.96-18 19-18c7.34 0 13.29 3.19 16.48 8.49l-7.68 4.43c-1.59-3.05-4.68-4.92-8.8-4.92-6.07 0-10 4-10 10zm82.48-29v46h-9V5h9zM36.95 0L73.9 64H0L36.95 0zm92.38 5l-27.71 48L73.91 5H84.3l17.32 30 17.32-30h10.39zm58.91 12v9.69c-1-.29-2.06-.49-3.2-.49-5.81 0-10 4-10 10V51h-9V17h9v9.2c0-5.08 5.91-9.2 13.2-9.2z" fill="#000"/>
-</svg>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/sandbox.config.json b/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/sandbox.config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 0da04c0cad1f53..00000000000000
--- a/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/sandbox.config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "container": {
-    "node": "16"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/components/Copyright.tsx b/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/Copyright.tsx
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/components/Copyright.tsx
rename to examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/Copyright.tsx
diff --git a/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/components/Link.tsx b/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/Link.tsx
similarity index 95%
rename from examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/components/Link.tsx
rename to examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/Link.tsx
index 7318f42a942ad9..d983046579ee2b 100644
--- a/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/components/Link.tsx
+++ b/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/Link.tsx
@@ -41,12 +41,13 @@ export type LinkProps = {
   activeClassName?: string;
   as?: NextLinkProps['as'];
   href: NextLinkProps['href'];
+  linkAs?: NextLinkProps['as']; // Useful when the as prop is shallow by styled().
   noLinkStyle?: boolean;
 } & Omit<NextLinkComposedProps, 'to' | 'linkAs' | 'href'> &
   Omit<MuiLinkProps, 'href'>;
 
 // A styled version of the Next.js Link component:
-// https://nextjs.org/docs/#with-link
+// https://nextjs.org/docs/api-reference/next/link
 const Link = React.forwardRef<HTMLAnchorElement, LinkProps>(function Link(props, ref) {
   const {
     activeClassName = 'active',
diff --git a/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/components/ProTip.tsx b/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/ProTip.tsx
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/components/ProTip.tsx
rename to examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/ProTip.tsx
diff --git a/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/createEmotionCache.ts b/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/createEmotionCache.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..4bc81ecfeaf28e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/createEmotionCache.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import createCache from '@emotion/cache';
+
+// prepend: true moves MUI styles to the top of the <head> so they're loaded first.
+// It allows developers to easily override MUI styles with other styling solutions, like CSS modules.
+export default function createEmotionCache() {
+  return createCache({ key: 'css', prepend: true });
+}
diff --git a/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/pages/api/hello.ts b/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/pages/api/hello.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index eb4cc6657b372d..00000000000000
--- a/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/pages/api/hello.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-// Next.js API route support: https://nextjs.org/docs/api-routes/introduction
-import type { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from 'next';
-
-type Data = {
-  name: string;
-};
-
-export default function handler(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse<Data>) {
-  res.status(200).json({ name: 'John Doe' });
-}
diff --git a/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/styles/theme.ts b/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/theme.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/styles/theme.ts
rename to examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/theme.ts
diff --git a/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/utils/createEmotionCache.ts b/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/utils/createEmotionCache.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 185e4c18af1fba..00000000000000
--- a/examples/nextjs-with-typescript/src/utils/createEmotionCache.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-import createCache from '@emotion/cache';
-
-export default function createEmotionCache() {
-  return createCache({ key: 'css', prepend: true });
-}
diff --git a/examples/nextjs/README.md b/examples/nextjs/README.md
index 8545791bf4bf1d..8741a87fce5561 100644
--- a/examples/nextjs/README.md
+++ b/examples/nextjs/README.md
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ or:
 
 <!-- #default-branch-switch -->
 
+[![Edit on StackBlitz](https://developer.stackblitz.com/img/open_in_stackblitz.svg)](https://stackblitz.com/github/mui-org/material-ui/tree/master/examples/nextjs)
+
 [![Edit on CodeSandbox](https://codesandbox.io/static/img/play-codesandbox.svg)](https://codesandbox.io/s/github/mui-org/material-ui/tree/master/examples/nextjs)
 
 ## The idea behind the example
diff --git a/examples/nextjs/next.config.js b/examples/nextjs/next.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..da1bb770fb8e60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/nextjs/next.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module.exports = {
+  reactStrictMode: true,
+};
diff --git a/examples/nextjs/package.json b/examples/nextjs/package.json
index f3fee8cfa82f73..092bb26639653c 100644
--- a/examples/nextjs/package.json
+++ b/examples/nextjs/package.json
@@ -2,22 +2,27 @@
   "name": "nextjs",
   "version": "5.0.0",
   "private": true,
+  "scripts": {
+    "dev": "next dev",
+    "build": "next build",
+    "start": "next start",
+    "lint": "next lint",
+    "post-update": "echo \"codesandbox preview only, need an update\" && yarn upgrade --latest"
+  },
   "dependencies": {
     "@emotion/cache": "latest",
     "@emotion/react": "latest",
-    "@emotion/styled": "latest",
     "@emotion/server": "latest",
+    "@emotion/styled": "latest",
+    "@mui/icons-material": "latest",
     "@mui/material": "latest",
-    "clsx": "latest",
     "next": "latest",
     "prop-types": "latest",
     "react": "latest",
     "react-dom": "latest"
   },
-  "scripts": {
-    "dev": "next",
-    "build": "next build",
-    "start": "next start",
-    "post-update": "echo \"codesandbox preview only, need an update\" && yarn upgrade --latest"
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "eslint": "latest",
+    "eslint-config-next": "latest"
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/nextjs/pages/_app.js b/examples/nextjs/pages/_app.js
index 6a663205f3f8f9..31a9f91e9a96ad 100644
--- a/examples/nextjs/pages/_app.js
+++ b/examples/nextjs/pages/_app.js
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ export default function MyApp(props) {
   return (
     <CacheProvider value={emotionCache}>
       <Head>
-        <title>My page</title>
         <meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1, width=device-width" />
       </Head>
       <ThemeProvider theme={theme}>
diff --git a/examples/nextjs/pages/_document.js b/examples/nextjs/pages/_document.js
index ca903de322abe0..f48ad91c5d6609 100644
--- a/examples/nextjs/pages/_document.js
+++ b/examples/nextjs/pages/_document.js
@@ -11,10 +11,13 @@ export default class MyDocument extends Document {
         <Head>
           {/* PWA primary color */}
           <meta name="theme-color" content={theme.palette.primary.main} />
+          <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/static/favicon.ico" />
           <link
             rel="stylesheet"
             href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:300,400,500,700&display=swap"
           />
+          {/* Inject MUI styles first to match with the prepend: true configuration. */}
+          {this.props.emotionStyleTags}
         </Head>
         <body>
           <Main />
@@ -80,7 +83,6 @@ MyDocument.getInitialProps = async (ctx) => {
 
   return {
     ...initialProps,
-    // Styles fragment is rendered after the app and page rendering finish.
-    styles: [...emotionStyleTags, ...React.Children.toArray(initialProps.styles)],
+    emotionStyleTags,
   };
 };
diff --git a/examples/nextjs/public/favicon.ico b/examples/nextjs/public/favicon.ico
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..718d6fea4835ec
Binary files /dev/null and b/examples/nextjs/public/favicon.ico differ
diff --git a/examples/nextjs/sandbox.config.json b/examples/nextjs/sandbox.config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 961c53005f85e0..00000000000000
--- a/examples/nextjs/sandbox.config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "container": {
-    "node": "12"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/examples/nextjs/src/createEmotionCache.js b/examples/nextjs/src/createEmotionCache.js
index 185e4c18af1fba..4bc81ecfeaf28e 100644
--- a/examples/nextjs/src/createEmotionCache.js
+++ b/examples/nextjs/src/createEmotionCache.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import createCache from '@emotion/cache';
 
+// prepend: true moves MUI styles to the top of the <head> so they're loaded first.
+// It allows developers to easily override MUI styles with other styling solutions, like CSS modules.
 export default function createEmotionCache() {
   return createCache({ key: 'css', prepend: true });
 }
diff --git a/examples/preact/README.md b/examples/preact/README.md
index bc5b937de63daf..fde18bf00007b7 100644
--- a/examples/preact/README.md
+++ b/examples/preact/README.md
@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@ npm install
 npm run start
 ```
 
-or:
-
-<!-- #default-branch-switch -->
-
-[![Edit on CodeSandbox](https://codesandbox.io/static/img/play-codesandbox.svg)](https://codesandbox.io/s/github/mui-org/material-ui/tree/master/examples/preact)
-
 ## The idea behind the example
 
 The project uses [Preact](https://github.com/developit/preact), which is a fast 3kB alternative to React with the same modern API.
diff --git a/examples/remix-with-typescript/.stackblitzrc b/examples/remix-with-typescript/.stackblitzrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..09e22c0da2fc3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/remix-with-typescript/.stackblitzrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "startCommand": "npm run dev"
+}
diff --git a/examples/remix-with-typescript/README.md b/examples/remix-with-typescript/README.md
index 87cec2bab8cb00..aeb07480984594 100644
--- a/examples/remix-with-typescript/README.md
+++ b/examples/remix-with-typescript/README.md
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ or:
 
 <!-- #default-branch-switch -->
 
+[![Edit on StackBlitz](https://developer.stackblitz.com/img/open_in_stackblitz.svg)](https://stackblitz.com/github/mui-org/material-ui/tree/master/examples/remix-with-typescript)
+
 [![Edit on CodeSandbox](https://codesandbox.io/static/img/play-codesandbox.svg)](https://codesandbox.io/s/github/mui-org/material-ui/tree/master/examples/remix-with-typescript)
 
 ## The idea behind the example
diff --git a/examples/ssr/README.md b/examples/ssr/README.md
index 1367bbb5a7fa2d..217e5e41b93926 100644
--- a/examples/ssr/README.md
+++ b/examples/ssr/README.md
@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@ npm install
 npm run start
 ```
 
-or:
-
-<!-- #default-branch-switch -->
-
-[![Edit on CodeSandbox](https://codesandbox.io/static/img/play-codesandbox.svg)](https://codesandbox.io/s/github/mui-org/material-ui/tree/master/examples/ssr)
-
 ## The idea behind the example
 
 This is the reference implementation of the [Server Rendering tutorial](https://mui.com/guides/server-rendering/).
diff --git a/examples/ssr/createEmotionCache.js b/examples/ssr/createEmotionCache.js
index 185e4c18af1fba..4bc81ecfeaf28e 100644
--- a/examples/ssr/createEmotionCache.js
+++ b/examples/ssr/createEmotionCache.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import createCache from '@emotion/cache';
 
+// prepend: true moves MUI styles to the top of the <head> so they're loaded first.
+// It allows developers to easily override MUI styles with other styling solutions, like CSS modules.
 export default function createEmotionCache() {
   return createCache({ key: 'css', prepend: true });
 }
diff --git a/examples/ssr/sandbox.config.json b/examples/ssr/sandbox.config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 961c53005f85e0..00000000000000
--- a/examples/ssr/sandbox.config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "container": {
-    "node": "12"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/mui-styled-engine/src/StyledEngineProvider/StyledEngineProvider.js b/packages/mui-styled-engine/src/StyledEngineProvider/StyledEngineProvider.js
index d6e32fb3ca823a..46757c9c063121 100644
--- a/packages/mui-styled-engine/src/StyledEngineProvider/StyledEngineProvider.js
+++ b/packages/mui-styled-engine/src/StyledEngineProvider/StyledEngineProvider.js
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import { CacheProvider } from '@emotion/react';
 import createCache from '@emotion/cache';
 
-// Cache with option to prepend emotion's style tag
+// prepend: true moves MUI styles to the top of the <head> so they're loaded first.
+// It allows developers to easily override MUI styles with other styling solutions, like CSS modules.
 const cache = createCache({ key: 'css', prepend: true });
 
 export default function StyledEngineProvider(props) {