For a site like HN you don't need a JavaScript framework. Just pick a popular framework like Rails, Django, Laravel, Phoenix, etc (basically just pick the popul

For a site like HN you don't need a JavaScript framework. Just pick a popular framework like Rails, Django, Laravel, Phoenix, etc (basically just pick the popular framework for your language of choice) and do server side templates. Most if not all of these can be converted easily into a backend API for a JavaScript framework frontend later anyways.