[travisd]

For the frontend side of things, especially when using React, NextJS is the first tool in the toolbox. You get a lot more than CRA provides out of the box (SSR, routing, API routes, and server-side only code for dealing with database access). Vercel or Netlify are both amazing dev experiences to get setup with (including Git push deploys).

[eugene_stepnov]

Thanks for the help! And what do you prefer for deployment Vercel or Netlify?

[satvikpendem]

Vercel is the main developer behind NextJS so I use them, you can do the same with Netlify but it's not as plug and play, there's a bit more setup involved although still not much.

[eugene_stepnov]

Just tested Vercel. It is cool, but is deployment/hosting really so difficult that companies are willing to pay for such a service?

[travisd]

Companies tend to want to pay for the ease of use (push-to-deploy with basically zero setup), centralized access, and the really cool features around push previews (create a PR and get a preview that you can explore).