Right, kettle on, crumpets in the toaster, a client with a static React app as basic as a cuppa. Just HTML, CSS, and enough JavaScript to animate a loading spinner. Yet, somehow, they are convinced to deploy this digital daisy to the world of Kubernetes cluster with enough power to launch a SpaceX rocket… yep, just another day in the life of a budget-conscious Brit dev.
Ah, a sprightly little React app, a digital billboard proclaiming your existence to the web, crafted with lovingly hand-coded JavaScript and maybe a sprinkling of CSS like some fancy fairy dust. But for some, hosting this digital dandelion is akin to swatting a fly with a bazooka. We’re talking behemoth virtual machines with enough memory to store the Queen’s corgi collection in high-definition, and bandwidth rivalling the River Thames at high tide. It’s like using a nuclear reactor to boil an egg or summoning a lumbering cargo plane to deliver a single teabag — unnecessary and downright expensive, enough to make the King himself raise an eyebrow at the cloud bill.
