Too Long; Didn't Read
This topic has been the focus of several discussions over the past <a href="https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=proxy+requests">few</a> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=%5Bcreate-react-app%5D+proxy">years</a>. Yet, here I am to talk about it again. My approach, however, is going to be a little different from a majority of other articles that I have come across. Instead of focusing on just the <em>how</em>, I will also be focussing on the <em>why</em> part of this question as well — which is usually assumed to be understood.