Just using an EC2 server typically involves a load balancer, a web server (nginx/Apache) and another web server like unicorn to manage the threads, and then a d

Just using an EC2 server typically involves a load balancer, a web server (nginx/Apache) and another web server like unicorn to manage the threads, and then a database at the bare minimum. That’s not objectively than using an SPA and a BaaS. If you’re a front end engineer who’s used to working with node then an SPA + BaaS might be much simpler to you than running an EC2 instance that serves basic html. Edit: and that doesn’t even get into securely managing updates, access controls, infrastructure, etc. those things might seem fairly trivial today but in the future imagine getting dinged for them in an interview.