Breaks connection with MongoDB

[nstranquist]

I noticed that the section in next.config.js breaks my api calls to a mongodb instance.
async rewrites() { return [ { source: '/:any*', destination: '/', }, ]; },

Is there a workaround?
And is there an advantage to this layout technique with react-router as opposed to the ones mentioned here?
https://adamwathan.me/2019/10/17/persistent-layout-patterns-in-nextjs/