Debian stable moves very slow, which makes it an excellent base OS for a server since predictability dictates that your app brings with it whatever that it need

Debian stable moves very slow, which makes it an excellent base OS for a server since predictability dictates that your app brings with it whatever that it needs to run. For example, nodejs on debian would be outdated, which would force you to setup your app to use a specific version of nodejs that you want to use.