# The Hidden Costs of Microfrontends — Interactive Edge Cases

The article discusses the hidden costs of microfrontends, specifically edge cases that are often overlooked in tutorials. It highlights issues such as design token drift, dependency mismatches, shared HTTP coupling, and store synchronization problems. These problems become more apparent when dealing with multiple teams, microfrontends, and independent releases. The article provides a companion app to demonstrate these issues in a single React application.