> What alternatives would you suggest? Can't speak for OP, but it feels like every mature language/runtime out there has a framework or two that are popular.

> What alternatives would you suggest? Can't speak for OP, but it feels like every mature language/runtime out there has a framework or two that are popular. Ruby has Rails: https://rubyonrails.org/ https://rubyonrails.org/ Python has Django: https://www.djangoproject.com/ https://www.djangoproject.com/ Node has Express: https://expressjs.com/ https://expressjs.com/ PHP has Laravel: https://laravel.com/ https://laravel.com/ Java has Spring (nowadays Spring Boot in particular): https://spring.io/ https://spring.io/ .NET has ASP.NET: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/aspnet/what-is-aspnet https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/aspnet/what-is-aspn... This can change with time, of course, but I'd say that it's hard to go with any of them, even Ruby on Rails is pretty good in most respects, as long as you don't try to fight what's idiomatic in it. As for the performance, having a quick look here might give a very vague idea (though the code for those benchmarks is sometimes optimized a bit too much), though running your own is best: https://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/#section=data-r21&f=zijtuv-zik073-zik0zj-zik0zj-zik0zj-zik0zj-hra0hr-zik0zj-zik0zj-zik0zj-zik0zj-zik0zj-zik0zj-35r&o=e https://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/#section=data-r21&f=z... Also have a look at the filters for other stacks!