For anything CRUD or that can be modeled as such, I use FeathersJS (https://feathersjs.com/ https://feathersjs.com/). Real time updates are basically free, db

For anything CRUD or that can be modeled as such, I use FeathersJS (https://feathersjs.com/ https://feathersjs.com/). Real time updates are basically free, db integration is easy and adaptable. The service-oriented architecture with hooks just feels like a very natural way to think about an application. They recently pushed their long awaited v5 update, which adds a Koa transport alongside the historic express transport, and improves the "code reuse between client & server" story for schemas/models/types.