Migrate from CRA to Vite or Nextjs

[nickdos]

After watching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m14f0ZzMyY

I'm sold on moving to either

• Vite.js - https://vitejs.dev/ Migration guide: https://blog.logrocket.com/vite-3-vs-create-react-app-comparison-migration-guide/

• Next.js - https://nextjs.org/13 Theo's alternative TS ~template~ installer script: create-t3-app (GH)

Next.js (with SSR) can easily be deployed via AWS Amplify directly from GH

[nickdos]

If going the SSR route, then these things are possible:

• easily store user basket data in ~DynamoDB~ AWS Aurora (via tRPC)
• cache species images
• proxy SOLR api calls to internal SOLR behind firewall (no nginx or server needed) ~OR even use AWS CloudSearch instead~ - edit this limit Up to 200 index fields can be configured for a domain is a blocker)
• fast loading start page with good SSO, page metadata (head, title), social cards support

[nickdos]

Also, try configuring repo with turborepo. See https://turbo.build/repo/docs/handbook/migrating-to-a-monorepo