title: React public folder usage - when to use it and how does it work?
body: <p>I haven't been able to find enough information on how the public folder in React works in terms of end user accessing it.</p>
  
  <p>Does the <code>public</code> folder get downloaded for the end user once they access the main site (link with no slashes to a file in public folder like <code>/public/my_file.txt</code>, but instead the usual <code>/</code>)?</p>