Kubernetes decides whether a pod needs restarting or should be pulled out of load balancing based on health checks, but those two decisions need different information. A liveness check only answers whether the PHP process is running at all, while a readiness check has to verify the application can actually handle traffic meaningfully, for example whether the database connection is up. Answering both checks through the same endpoint risks either unnecessary restarts or sending traffic to pods that aren't actually ready.
Every plugin increases memory usage, extends startup time, and can slow the IDE down. The question is not which plugins exist, but which ones genuinely add value to your own workflow, and which ones can be disabled without any loss.
The choice of platform for a React deployment decides build times, cost and control. Vercel, Netlify and a self-operated Docker stack solve the same problem with different trade-offs. This article shows concrete configurations, a CI/CD pipeline and the decision criteria for each situation.