simple-redirect is my answer to a large number of requests I get to forward an old url to another website while we transition the application.
Most of the time, one cannot simply add a CNAME to the new url because in order for TLS to negotiate a CNAME, that name MUST be on the destination application's certificate.
To work around this issue, and begin deprecation of the old URL, a 301 or 302 status code must be presented to the client.