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Ask HN: What is your go-to stack for the web?

38 points by federalbob 3y ago

Going back to the web after 10 years, I'm summoning the HN wisdom. What is your go-to stack for a classic business web site ? for a Saas ? for a landing page ? for [whatever you do here] ?

santiagobasulto 3y ago
For SaaS, React in the frontend, Django + DRF in the backend. Postgres as DB. That's it.
Zanfa 3y ago
Rails for SaaS/CRUD, haven’t done anything semi-static in a while, but would probably go with Webflow.
austin-cheney 3y ago
Node, TypeScript, ESLint, Tauri, and a bunch of custom ESLint rules and a bunch of custom unit tests.
ssss11 3y ago
Backend: Node with sqlite, Postgres or MySQL. Front: Vue with Bootstrap
throwaway94_30 3y ago
I pick what I know best and "just works" because of my experience and the framework's maturity. YMMV Backend: Spring Boot (Java or Kotlin depending on solo vs cooperation) Frontend: React ("https://hilla.dev/ https://hilla.dev/" looks interesting, might try that next) Database: Postgres
- scns 3y ago
  Hilla looks great! Thanks.
rambambram 3y ago
Mine is the CHAMP-stack. Consisting of CSS, HTML, Apache, MySQL and PHP.
- lioeters 3y ago
  Is it all running on Linux by chance?
  - sam_lowry_ 3y ago
    Probably not, because it will be LAMP otherwise.
  - rambambram 3y ago
    I have a hard time finding out if this is also some wordplay, like my own. But yes, it's running Linux at home and probably also at the webhost.
- jfengel 3y ago
  What is Apache in this context? Tomcat?
  - rambambram 3y ago
    I don't know. Is Tomcat some version of Apache server? It says 'apache2' at my localhost while installing the server, and at the webhost I don't know (might be some other server that can run PHP). I usually don't dive deep into server territory, so I'm a lucky guy that I can focus on the design and the webdev.
    - jakopo87 3y ago
      Apache Tomcat is a web server for Java web applications, different from the Apache HTTP server (your 'apache2').
ivyirwin 3y ago
For SaaS, React frontend and Laravel/Lumen on the backend. DB is usually Postgres.
romantomjak 3y ago
Go, postgres, redis, vue, tailwind css. Been wanting to experiment with htmx, but haven’t gotten around to it yet.
irjustin 3y ago
Pick what you know if you're going to build for a business. Me? Rails, Django and Postgres on AWS. Nowdays, Django on Lambda. If you're building for fun, whatever you want!
pilgrim0 3y ago
solid and tauri for apps, astro for content sites (with a headless cms if it’s big)
- johrpan 3y ago
  Which headless CMS do you recommend?
  - skipchris 3y ago
    very small and indie, but i’ve really enjoyed SpinalCMS.
  - pilgrim0 3y ago
    Honestly? I dislike every single one and I avoid it when possible. It’s a matter of aligning the UX with the client’s preferences and expertise. Last project I used contentful, it has a lot of features, so it’s a good choice for a project which will scale.
chr15m 3y ago
Full stack ClojureScript on Sitefox with either Sqlite or Postgres, deployed to a VPS with Piku.
truckerbill 3y ago
Mithril and xstate if it’s needed. Backend plain Go or Bun. I don’t know why more people don’t use mithril
baby 3y ago
Rust and vuejs
albelfio 3y ago
Sst.dev and remix.run are a pleasure to work with
- pupppet 3y ago
  Another vote for SST!
INTPenis 3y ago
Landing page and a business website can most likely be static, so AWS S3, Cloudfront, ACM, maybe a little lambda if necessary. Services I tend to start with Flask, Celery, redis and build from there.
lgeorget 3y ago
PHP and Symfony for the backend, Bootstrap for the frontend. Very classic. DB is MariaDB and Cassandra. We also have many internal tools in R/Shiny.
jasfi 3y ago
Next.js + PostgreSQL. I also use Nim for when I need high-performance code, which can be utilized as a Node.js add-on using Denim.
michalg 3y ago
Elixir, Phoenix LiveView, Postgres, TailwindCSS
coding123 3y ago
Saas with a bit of data engineering mixed in: Mongo elastic react (nextjs) gql python spark LLM
martinsnow 3y ago
Laravel backend React frontend
nasir 3y ago
Django: function based views. UI: Django templates, htmx, tailwind, vanilla js or hypersceript, no build, no node, no npm. Avoiding writing js as much as possible. Background workers: RQ with 3 priority queues Deployment: Kamal one command deployment with underlying docker Hosting: Linode server with backups Storage: Mounted volume on the machine (maybe s3 eventually). Benefits: * High speed of iteration * No boilerplate mess * No build therefore no dealing with dependencies and npm rabbithole * Fast deployment with Kamal (a bit of learning curve but once up just works) * Much cheaper compared to PaaS. At least 50%. * Multiple websites on the same instance Of course I know django quite well so the goal is to remove as much friction as possible.
sam_lowry_ 3y ago
Postgrest + Petite-vue + One of the many classless css frameworks.
- sam_lowry_ 3y ago
  On a second though... Openresty would be my go-to choice for performance-critical parts of the backend.
fredwimberg 3y ago
Backend: FastAPI + Pydantic + SQLModel (Python) Forntend: Vue/Nuxt Database: Postgres
cjs_ac 3y ago
Python/Flask, HTMX, SQLite or Postgres, Bulma CSS.
assimpleaspossi 3y ago
I ran a web dev business for 20 years. It includes two sites you probably have visited and bought things from. We used HTML for HTML. CSS for CSS and Javascript for Javascript. Then we used a common and popular programming language to make them all work together. It was compatible with everything. Worked everywhere. Interfaced with everything. And was as fast as hell. No additional thinking or learning required.
- ahofmann 3y ago
  Yes, exactly. And because all of this is bundled in laravel (and at some point I learned working with the framework), I'm using this since years for almost everything.
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czechdeveloper 3y ago
BE: .Net minimal API, Entity Framework (SQLite or PG as database) FE: React + Tailwind and few other libraries
gregnavis 3y ago
I love vanilla Rails (that includes Hotwire) + Postgres + Heroku + Tailwind. I do often use Rubocop and some other rolling, and want to package that as a project starter kit. I’m looking forward to seeing Rails 8 in action, as is going to make building PWAs easier.
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grigarav 3y ago
Front-end: A few static sites (i.e. landing page) + Angular. Back-End: A few C# APIs with Redis for caching. Database: MongoDB + SQL Server. Deployment: Docker Containers on Azure via DevOps Pipelines (one-click deployment).
miroljub 3y ago
Clojure using for the server side https://github.com/kit-clj/kit https://github.com/kit-clj/kit htmx for frontend, using the built-in kit htmx module. Previously I used Clojure, re-frame and websockets using sente. It is very productive, but now I prefer the lightweight feeling of htmx.
oaxacaoaxaca 3y ago
Frontend: - "vanilla" React (no Next.js or any other framework-y bloat) - MUI - React Router (v5 because v6 is a pain) Backend: - Node - Typescript - Express - Prisma or Sequelize - Sometimes Django/DRF in lieu of the above - MySQL or Postgres Deployment: - KISS principle: one Digital Ocean droplet, no serverless or any of that
threeseed 3y ago
I've tried so many and still love Scala.js + React / Scala. One language, one tooling, one set of models etc across the entire stack is just so much nicer. And you never have to worry about performance, scalability or lack of libraries.
AussieWog93 3y ago
For a website? Wordpress honestly works pretty well if you don't install 20+ plugins.
e61133e3 3y ago
HTML & CSS
mkl 3y ago
There are a ton of past threads on this, many valuable, and some huge. You can find them by searching [Ask HN web] (or stack or framework, etc.) in the search box at the bottom. Here are some decent-sized ones going back to 2016, but there are many more. I figure if something is recommended a few years ago and also recently, it's probably good, stable, and well-documented. Ask HN: If you were to build a web app today what tech stack would you choose? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38059036 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38059036 (92 points by russianbandit 3 months ago | 208 comments) Ask HN: What does your self hosted stack look like? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37164315 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37164315 (52 points by LorenDB 5 months ago | 41 comments) Ask HN: Which stack is as boring (good boring) and cheap in 2023 as PHP? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35112481 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35112481 (38 points by alentred 11 months ago | 46 comments) Ask HN: What would be your stack if you are building an MVP today? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34530052 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34530052 (459 points by nvln on Jan 26, 2023 | 727 comments) Ask HN: Solo Dev Stack of 2022? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33046696 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33046696 (40 points by jstummbillig on Oct 1, 2022 | 81 comments) Ask HN: Help me pick a front-end framework https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32799003 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32799003 (141 points by bjackman on Sept 11, 2022 | 177 comments) Ask HN: Web frameworks – which less popular frameworks are you using and why? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31607256 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31607256 (84 points by vanilla-almond on June 3, 2022 | 147 comments) Ask HN: What tech stack would you use to build a new web app today? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29626371 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29626371 (48 points by gt565k on Dec 20, 2021 | 73 comments) Ask HN: Which tech stack is the most fun? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29625165 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29625165 (100 points by chickenWing on Dec 20, 2021 | 184 comments) Ask HN: Simplest stack to build web apps in 2021? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29311761 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29311761 (99 points by yblu on Nov 22, 2021 | 188 comments) Ask HN: Which stack for prototyping? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26851533 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26851533 (57 points by tbronchain on April 18, 2021 | 99 comments) Ask HN: Fastest/easiest framework to build a web application in 2020? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22161880 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22161880 (77 points by ryanSrich on Jan 27, 2020 | 89 comments) Ask HN: What tech stack would you choose for building your next app? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21807469 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21807469 (39 points by _fwu1 on Dec 16, 2019 | 52 comments) Ask HN: Go-to web stack today? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18829557 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18829557 (542 points by capkutay on Jan 5, 2019 | 443 comments) Ask HN: What stack would you use to build a CRUD web app in 2018? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16508965 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16508965 (189 points by xstartup on March 3, 2018 | 178 comments) Ask HN: What tech stack would you choose for a serious, long-term business app https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16763981 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16763981 (44 points by bballer on April 5, 2018 | 78 comments) Ask HN: Which stack do you use at your startup? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16390851 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16390851 (88 points by xstartup on Feb 16, 2018 | 126 comments) Ask HN: What language/framework do you plan to use in your next project? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14864389 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14864389 (119 points by _pfxa on July 27, 2017 | 258 comments) Ask HN: Starting a project today, which web framework would you use? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14391951 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14391951 (94 points by betimd on May 22, 2017 | 155 comments) Ask HN: What web framework do you use? Why did you choose it? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13254051 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13254051 (71 points by moraya-re on Dec 25, 2016 | 118 comments) Ask HN: What is a “boring” web stack? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12866695 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12866695 (51 points by stevetodd on Nov 3, 2016 | 48 comments) Ask HN: What are the best web tools to build basic web apps as of October 2016? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12774616 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12774616 (114 points by arikr on Oct 23, 2016 | 82 comments)
almost 3y ago
Django because in a word of constantly changing frameworks and approaches it’s nice to have something solid. New versions add improvements but Django is basically still the same as it has been for almost 20 years. It’s really fast to build things with as well and the Admin is amazing (just don’t try to overuse it). Recently HTMX has been a really nice addition, adding some fanciness without writing more JS. Some bits are just easier to do as full on JavaScript components and for those I use React because I know it and it does the job. Just for bits though (often as small as one component in a otherwise vanilla Django form), SPAs are a pain to write and maintain. I have a SaaS so that’s mostly what I’m doing.
callamdelaney 3y ago
HTMX, Tailwindcss + TailwindUI blocks + Flask + Sqlite & Litestream to s3 on baremetal. Celery & Redis for background tasks.
acrooks 3y ago
these days I’m often using Supabase on backend, Nextjs+Vercel frontend it has increased my speed to market massively. I mostly work on enterprise CRUD apps so getting things like SSO and API for free on Supabase is a great time saver and then some apps require more specialized functionality and for that I’ll leverage the AWS stack
thunderbong 3y ago
Roda: Routing Tree Web Toolkit fur Ruby [0]. Sequel: The Database Toolkit for Ruby [1] Front end could be anything including no javascript. Roda makes it very easy to either write APIs or server rendered partials. I love the simplicity, clarity and performance of this stack. [0]: https://github.com/jeremyevans/roda https://github.com/jeremyevans/roda [1]: https://github.com/jeremyevans/sequel https://github.com/jeremyevans/sequel
sidharthv 3y ago
SvelteKit, with Zenstack handling access control on top of Prisma. Postgres as DB.
vedranm 3y ago
These days I am doing HPC software development, so not much web development. Over the last few years I used to work as a senior lecturer and then a junior professor at a university, where my group worked with web tech quite a bit. We used PHP/Laravel for developing a scientific SaaS prototype [1] and Python/Django for teaching web application development [2]. For documentation (including teaching materials, blogging), we had a preference for static site generator (Jamstack) solutions: we used Sphinx and later switched to MkDocs [3, 4]. [1] https://group.miletic.net/en/publications/#2021 https://group.miletic.net/en/publications/#2021 [2] https://group.miletic.net/hr/nastava/kolegiji/PW/#vjezbe https://group.miletic.net/hr/nastava/kolegiji/PW/#vjezbe [3] https://group.miletic.net/en/blog/2017-07-29-why-we-use-restructuredtext-and-sphinx-static-site-generator-for-maintaining-teaching-materials/ https://group.miletic.net/en/blog/2017-07-29-why-we-use-rest... [4] https://group.miletic.net/en/blog/2021-08-16-markdown-vs-restructuredtext-for-teaching-materials/ https://group.miletic.net/en/blog/2021-08-16-markdown-vs-res...
BerislavLopac 3y ago
For pure APIs: pyapi-server [0]. For classic Web sites: Starlette [1], with SQLAlchemy Core [2] for database integration. Or, if you prefer something with more batteries included, FastAPI [3]. [0] https://pyapi-server.readthedocs.io https://pyapi-server.readthedocs.io [1] https://www.starlette.io/ https://www.starlette.io/ [2] https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/20/ https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/20/ [3] https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/ https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/
M95D 3y ago
For personal use or at work? Personal use: - OpenWrt - Hiawatha webserver - PHP - SQLite if really necessary Work: - not my decision
tacone 3y ago
I'm playing with Sveltekit + Trpc Backend + DrizzleOrm + Postgres. I am using plain Javascript + JSDoc and Typescript checking.
- Glench 3y ago
  I have been really impressed with SvelteKit in my production SaaS for about a year now! You can make any type of static/dynamic/combination site, the dev experience is really good, and it feels like it elegantly bridges the front-and-backend (getting data from the back-end, form submission) which is something I've wanted since I started in 2011. My SaaS uses SvelteKit, SQLite and Sequelize, but I would probably try Drizzle if I was starting today.
JohnDeHope 3y ago
I've moved everything to ASP.Net Core Blazor. I've been developing web apps on Microsoft's stack since Wrox's ASP 3.0 book. It's always been a pleasure.
apricot13 3y ago
JavaScript (react/nextjs/eleventh) if it's a small project and I want to get it up and running quickly. CSS or SCSS depending on complexity If it's something that needs logins or more common features I'll usually switch to rails it just gets all the tedious stuff out of the way!
tored 3y ago
For web PHP. PHP has many stable frameworks if you are in to that and if you don't want to use a framework you can run vanilla PHP without a problem. Dependency management is done these days with composer and it is easy add a dependency, like framework or library, from composer. PHP has has lot of good tooling like IDEs, linters, testing etc. Here is a short intro to PHP I wrote a few years ago. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25222509 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25222509
Perceval 3y ago
Notepad/TextEdit are my go-to HTML/CSS/Javascript/PHP editors. When I got more serious at one point in my life I used BBEdit. I found Firefox's development tools very useful as well.
sotix 3y ago
My personal website uses SvelteKit to glue together HTML, css, and a small bit of JavaScript. Most of the website could easily be extracted and deployed on its own or in another framework. I use Svelte primarily to provide a common nav bar across routes and to execute JavaScript that bundles my blog posts to display by date. I enjoy designing my pages by hand, so I prefer this setup to a static site generator. I vastly prefer it to using something like React. I do want to simplify the setup, but it works well for now. If I were working on a website that needed a backend, I would use htmx and either flask or Django.
ha1zum 3y ago
express, pm2, postgres, jquery
whodev 3y ago
I've been using Go, HTMX, Alpine.js, and Turso. So far I've been loving it. Simple and easy to get started with. Everything works so well togther and is really easy to deploy as a single executable which can include any asset files with the `//go:embed` directive.
meowtastic 3y ago
Astro SSR, deployed with Caprover on Hetzner Ubuntu machines. Tried Django, Next.js, React+Go/Gin, Blazor. Never been more productive in my life.
jasondigitized 3y ago
Vue 3 + Nuxt + Tailwind + Supabase + Google Cloud Run = Luddite Friendly
- gazby 3y ago
  Hey, you dropped this: /s But more seriously, given this is HN, I honestly can't tell anymore.
mrcsharp 3y ago
I use .Net & C# for backend development and Vue or Blazor for Frontend. .Net has great tooling that won't get in your way as you work on the project. C# has added lots of great features and is blazing fast nowadays with every .Net release being accompanied by a massive blog post describing all the performance improvements to the runtime[1]. [1] https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/performance-improvements-in-net-8/ https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/performance-improvemen...
saasjosh 3y ago
ExpressJS back-end + NextJS front-end is the most productive one for me.
dylanzhangdev 3y ago
sveltekit + supabase/pocketbase

38 points by federalbob 3y ago

Going back to the web after 10 years, I'm summoning the HN wisdom. What is your go-to stack for a classic business web site ? for a Saas ? for a landing page ? for [whatever you do here] ?

santiagobasulto 3y ago

For SaaS, React in the frontend, Django + DRF in the backend. Postgres as DB. That's it.

Zanfa 3y ago

Rails for SaaS/CRUD, haven’t done anything semi-static in a while, but would probably go with Webflow.

austin-cheney 3y ago

Node, TypeScript, ESLint, Tauri, and a bunch of custom ESLint rules and a bunch of custom unit tests.

ssss11 3y ago

Backend: Node with sqlite, Postgres or MySQL. Front: Vue with Bootstrap

throwaway94_30 3y ago

I pick what I know best and "just works" because of my experience and the framework's maturity. YMMV Backend: Spring Boot (Java or Kotlin depending on solo vs cooperation) Frontend: React ("https://hilla.dev/ https://hilla.dev/" looks interesting, might try that next) Database: Postgres

scns 3y ago
Hilla looks great! Thanks.

rambambram 3y ago

Mine is the CHAMP-stack. Consisting of CSS, HTML, Apache, MySQL and PHP.

lioeters 3y ago
Is it all running on Linux by chance?
- sam_lowry_ 3y ago
  Probably not, because it will be LAMP otherwise.
- rambambram 3y ago
  I have a hard time finding out if this is also some wordplay, like my own. But yes, it's running Linux at home and probably also at the webhost.
jfengel 3y ago
What is Apache in this context? Tomcat?
- rambambram 3y ago
  I don't know. Is Tomcat some version of Apache server? It says 'apache2' at my localhost while installing the server, and at the webhost I don't know (might be some other server that can run PHP). I usually don't dive deep into server territory, so I'm a lucky guy that I can focus on the design and the webdev.
  - jakopo87 3y ago
    Apache Tomcat is a web server for Java web applications, different from the Apache HTTP server (your 'apache2').

ivyirwin 3y ago

For SaaS, React frontend and Laravel/Lumen on the backend. DB is usually Postgres.

romantomjak 3y ago

Go, postgres, redis, vue, tailwind css. Been wanting to experiment with htmx, but haven’t gotten around to it yet.

irjustin 3y ago

Pick what you know if you're going to build for a business. Me? Rails, Django and Postgres on AWS. Nowdays, Django on Lambda. If you're building for fun, whatever you want!

pilgrim0 3y ago

solid and tauri for apps, astro for content sites (with a headless cms if it’s big)

johrpan 3y ago
Which headless CMS do you recommend?
- skipchris 3y ago
  very small and indie, but i’ve really enjoyed SpinalCMS.
- pilgrim0 3y ago
  Honestly? I dislike every single one and I avoid it when possible. It’s a matter of aligning the UX with the client’s preferences and expertise. Last project I used contentful, it has a lot of features, so it’s a good choice for a project which will scale.

chr15m 3y ago

Full stack ClojureScript on Sitefox with either Sqlite or Postgres, deployed to a VPS with Piku.

truckerbill 3y ago

Mithril and xstate if it’s needed. Backend plain Go or Bun. I don’t know why more people don’t use mithril

baby 3y ago

Rust and vuejs

albelfio 3y ago

Sst.dev and remix.run are a pleasure to work with

pupppet 3y ago
Another vote for SST!

INTPenis 3y ago

Landing page and a business website can most likely be static, so AWS S3, Cloudfront, ACM, maybe a little lambda if necessary. Services I tend to start with Flask, Celery, redis and build from there.

lgeorget 3y ago

PHP and Symfony for the backend, Bootstrap for the frontend. Very classic. DB is MariaDB and Cassandra. We also have many internal tools in R/Shiny.

jasfi 3y ago

Next.js + PostgreSQL. I also use Nim for when I need high-performance code, which can be utilized as a Node.js add-on using Denim.

michalg 3y ago

Elixir, Phoenix LiveView, Postgres, TailwindCSS

coding123 3y ago

Saas with a bit of data engineering mixed in: Mongo elastic react (nextjs) gql python spark LLM

martinsnow 3y ago

Laravel backend React frontend

nasir 3y ago

Django: function based views. UI: Django templates, htmx, tailwind, vanilla js or hypersceript, no build, no node, no npm. Avoiding writing js as much as possible. Background workers: RQ with 3 priority queues Deployment: Kamal one command deployment with underlying docker Hosting: Linode server with backups Storage: Mounted volume on the machine (maybe s3 eventually). Benefits: * High speed of iteration * No boilerplate mess * No build therefore no dealing with dependencies and npm rabbithole * Fast deployment with Kamal (a bit of learning curve but once up just works) * Much cheaper compared to PaaS. At least 50%. * Multiple websites on the same instance Of course I know django quite well so the goal is to remove as much friction as possible.

sam_lowry_ 3y ago

Postgrest + Petite-vue + One of the many classless css frameworks.

sam_lowry_ 3y ago
On a second though... Openresty would be my go-to choice for performance-critical parts of the backend.

fredwimberg 3y ago

Backend: FastAPI + Pydantic + SQLModel (Python) Forntend: Vue/Nuxt Database: Postgres

cjs_ac 3y ago

Python/Flask, HTMX, SQLite or Postgres, Bulma CSS.

assimpleaspossi 3y ago

I ran a web dev business for 20 years. It includes two sites you probably have visited and bought things from. We used HTML for HTML. CSS for CSS and Javascript for Javascript. Then we used a common and popular programming language to make them all work together. It was compatible with everything. Worked everywhere. Interfaced with everything. And was as fast as hell. No additional thinking or learning required.

ahofmann 3y ago
Yes, exactly. And because all of this is bundled in laravel (and at some point I learned working with the framework), I'm using this since years for almost everything.

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czechdeveloper 3y ago

BE: .Net minimal API, Entity Framework (SQLite or PG as database) FE: React + Tailwind and few other libraries

gregnavis 3y ago

I love vanilla Rails (that includes Hotwire) + Postgres + Heroku + Tailwind. I do often use Rubocop and some other rolling, and want to package that as a project starter kit. I’m looking forward to seeing Rails 8 in action, as is going to make building PWAs easier.

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grigarav 3y ago

Front-end: A few static sites (i.e. landing page) + Angular. Back-End: A few C# APIs with Redis for caching. Database: MongoDB + SQL Server. Deployment: Docker Containers on Azure via DevOps Pipelines (one-click deployment).

miroljub 3y ago

Clojure using for the server side https://github.com/kit-clj/kit https://github.com/kit-clj/kit htmx for frontend, using the built-in kit htmx module. Previously I used Clojure, re-frame and websockets using sente. It is very productive, but now I prefer the lightweight feeling of htmx.

oaxacaoaxaca 3y ago

Frontend: - "vanilla" React (no Next.js or any other framework-y bloat) - MUI - React Router (v5 because v6 is a pain) Backend: - Node - Typescript - Express - Prisma or Sequelize - Sometimes Django/DRF in lieu of the above - MySQL or Postgres Deployment: - KISS principle: one Digital Ocean droplet, no serverless or any of that

threeseed 3y ago

I've tried so many and still love Scala.js + React / Scala. One language, one tooling, one set of models etc across the entire stack is just so much nicer. And you never have to worry about performance, scalability or lack of libraries.

AussieWog93 3y ago

For a website? Wordpress honestly works pretty well if you don't install 20+ plugins.

e61133e3 3y ago

HTML & CSS

mkl 3y ago

There are a ton of past threads on this, many valuable, and some huge. You can find them by searching [Ask HN web] (or stack or framework, etc.) in the search box at the bottom. Here are some decent-sized ones going back to 2016, but there are many more. I figure if something is recommended a few years ago and also recently, it's probably good, stable, and well-documented. Ask HN: If you were to build a web app today what tech stack would you choose? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38059036 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38059036 (92 points by russianbandit 3 months ago | 208 comments) Ask HN: What does your self hosted stack look like? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37164315 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37164315 (52 points by LorenDB 5 months ago | 41 comments) Ask HN: Which stack is as boring (good boring) and cheap in 2023 as PHP? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35112481 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35112481 (38 points by alentred 11 months ago | 46 comments) Ask HN: What would be your stack if you are building an MVP today? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34530052 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34530052 (459 points by nvln on Jan 26, 2023 | 727 comments) Ask HN: Solo Dev Stack of 2022? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33046696 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33046696 (40 points by jstummbillig on Oct 1, 2022 | 81 comments) Ask HN: Help me pick a front-end framework https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32799003 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32799003 (141 points by bjackman on Sept 11, 2022 | 177 comments) Ask HN: Web frameworks – which less popular frameworks are you using and why? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31607256 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31607256 (84 points by vanilla-almond on June 3, 2022 | 147 comments) Ask HN: What tech stack would you use to build a new web app today? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29626371 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29626371 (48 points by gt565k on Dec 20, 2021 | 73 comments) Ask HN: Which tech stack is the most fun? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29625165 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29625165 (100 points by chickenWing on Dec 20, 2021 | 184 comments) Ask HN: Simplest stack to build web apps in 2021? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29311761 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29311761 (99 points by yblu on Nov 22, 2021 | 188 comments) Ask HN: Which stack for prototyping? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26851533 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26851533 (57 points by tbronchain on April 18, 2021 | 99 comments) Ask HN: Fastest/easiest framework to build a web application in 2020? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22161880 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22161880 (77 points by ryanSrich on Jan 27, 2020 | 89 comments) Ask HN: What tech stack would you choose for building your next app? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21807469 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21807469 (39 points by _fwu1 on Dec 16, 2019 | 52 comments) Ask HN: Go-to web stack today? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18829557 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18829557 (542 points by capkutay on Jan 5, 2019 | 443 comments) Ask HN: What stack would you use to build a CRUD web app in 2018? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16508965 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16508965 (189 points by xstartup on March 3, 2018 | 178 comments) Ask HN: What tech stack would you choose for a serious, long-term business app https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16763981 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16763981 (44 points by bballer on April 5, 2018 | 78 comments) Ask HN: Which stack do you use at your startup? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16390851 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16390851 (88 points by xstartup on Feb 16, 2018 | 126 comments) Ask HN: What language/framework do you plan to use in your next project? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14864389 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14864389 (119 points by _pfxa on July 27, 2017 | 258 comments) Ask HN: Starting a project today, which web framework would you use? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14391951 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14391951 (94 points by betimd on May 22, 2017 | 155 comments) Ask HN: What web framework do you use? Why did you choose it? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13254051 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13254051 (71 points by moraya-re on Dec 25, 2016 | 118 comments) Ask HN: What is a “boring” web stack? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12866695 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12866695 (51 points by stevetodd on Nov 3, 2016 | 48 comments) Ask HN: What are the best web tools to build basic web apps as of October 2016? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12774616 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12774616 (114 points by arikr on Oct 23, 2016 | 82 comments)

almost 3y ago

Django because in a word of constantly changing frameworks and approaches it’s nice to have something solid. New versions add improvements but Django is basically still the same as it has been for almost 20 years. It’s really fast to build things with as well and the Admin is amazing (just don’t try to overuse it). Recently HTMX has been a really nice addition, adding some fanciness without writing more JS. Some bits are just easier to do as full on JavaScript components and for those I use React because I know it and it does the job. Just for bits though (often as small as one component in a otherwise vanilla Django form), SPAs are a pain to write and maintain. I have a SaaS so that’s mostly what I’m doing.

callamdelaney 3y ago

HTMX, Tailwindcss + TailwindUI blocks + Flask + Sqlite & Litestream to s3 on baremetal. Celery & Redis for background tasks.

acrooks 3y ago

these days I’m often using Supabase on backend, Nextjs+Vercel frontend it has increased my speed to market massively. I mostly work on enterprise CRUD apps so getting things like SSO and API for free on Supabase is a great time saver and then some apps require more specialized functionality and for that I’ll leverage the AWS stack

thunderbong 3y ago

Roda: Routing Tree Web Toolkit fur Ruby [0]. Sequel: The Database Toolkit for Ruby [1] Front end could be anything including no javascript. Roda makes it very easy to either write APIs or server rendered partials. I love the simplicity, clarity and performance of this stack. [0]: https://github.com/jeremyevans/roda https://github.com/jeremyevans/roda [1]: https://github.com/jeremyevans/sequel https://github.com/jeremyevans/sequel

sidharthv 3y ago

SvelteKit, with Zenstack handling access control on top of Prisma. Postgres as DB.

vedranm 3y ago

These days I am doing HPC software development, so not much web development. Over the last few years I used to work as a senior lecturer and then a junior professor at a university, where my group worked with web tech quite a bit. We used PHP/Laravel for developing a scientific SaaS prototype [1] and Python/Django for teaching web application development [2]. For documentation (including teaching materials, blogging), we had a preference for static site generator (Jamstack) solutions: we used Sphinx and later switched to MkDocs [3, 4]. [1] https://group.miletic.net/en/publications/#2021 https://group.miletic.net/en/publications/#2021 [2] https://group.miletic.net/hr/nastava/kolegiji/PW/#vjezbe https://group.miletic.net/hr/nastava/kolegiji/PW/#vjezbe [3] https://group.miletic.net/en/blog/2017-07-29-why-we-use-restructuredtext-and-sphinx-static-site-generator-for-maintaining-teaching-materials/ https://group.miletic.net/en/blog/2017-07-29-why-we-use-rest... [4] https://group.miletic.net/en/blog/2021-08-16-markdown-vs-restructuredtext-for-teaching-materials/ https://group.miletic.net/en/blog/2021-08-16-markdown-vs-res...

BerislavLopac 3y ago

For pure APIs: pyapi-server [0]. For classic Web sites: Starlette [1], with SQLAlchemy Core [2] for database integration. Or, if you prefer something with more batteries included, FastAPI [3]. [0] https://pyapi-server.readthedocs.io https://pyapi-server.readthedocs.io [1] https://www.starlette.io/ https://www.starlette.io/ [2] https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/20/ https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/20/ [3] https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/ https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/

M95D 3y ago

For personal use or at work? Personal use: - OpenWrt - Hiawatha webserver - PHP - SQLite if really necessary Work: - not my decision

tacone 3y ago

I'm playing with Sveltekit + Trpc Backend + DrizzleOrm + Postgres. I am using plain Javascript + JSDoc and Typescript checking.

Glench 3y ago
I have been really impressed with SvelteKit in my production SaaS for about a year now! You can make any type of static/dynamic/combination site, the dev experience is really good, and it feels like it elegantly bridges the front-and-backend (getting data from the back-end, form submission) which is something I've wanted since I started in 2011. My SaaS uses SvelteKit, SQLite and Sequelize, but I would probably try Drizzle if I was starting today.

JohnDeHope 3y ago

I've moved everything to ASP.Net Core Blazor. I've been developing web apps on Microsoft's stack since Wrox's ASP 3.0 book. It's always been a pleasure.

apricot13 3y ago

JavaScript (react/nextjs/eleventh) if it's a small project and I want to get it up and running quickly. CSS or SCSS depending on complexity If it's something that needs logins or more common features I'll usually switch to rails it just gets all the tedious stuff out of the way!

tored 3y ago

For web PHP. PHP has many stable frameworks if you are in to that and if you don't want to use a framework you can run vanilla PHP without a problem. Dependency management is done these days with composer and it is easy add a dependency, like framework or library, from composer. PHP has has lot of good tooling like IDEs, linters, testing etc. Here is a short intro to PHP I wrote a few years ago. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25222509 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25222509

Perceval 3y ago

Notepad/TextEdit are my go-to HTML/CSS/Javascript/PHP editors. When I got more serious at one point in my life I used BBEdit. I found Firefox's development tools very useful as well.

sotix 3y ago

My personal website uses SvelteKit to glue together HTML, css, and a small bit of JavaScript. Most of the website could easily be extracted and deployed on its own or in another framework. I use Svelte primarily to provide a common nav bar across routes and to execute JavaScript that bundles my blog posts to display by date. I enjoy designing my pages by hand, so I prefer this setup to a static site generator. I vastly prefer it to using something like React. I do want to simplify the setup, but it works well for now. If I were working on a website that needed a backend, I would use htmx and either flask or Django.

ha1zum 3y ago

express, pm2, postgres, jquery

whodev 3y ago

I've been using Go, HTMX, Alpine.js, and Turso. So far I've been loving it. Simple and easy to get started with. Everything works so well togther and is really easy to deploy as a single executable which can include any asset files with the `//go:embed` directive.

meowtastic 3y ago

Astro SSR, deployed with Caprover on Hetzner Ubuntu machines. Tried Django, Next.js, React+Go/Gin, Blazor. Never been more productive in my life.

jasondigitized 3y ago

Vue 3 + Nuxt + Tailwind + Supabase + Google Cloud Run = Luddite Friendly

gazby 3y ago
Hey, you dropped this: /s But more seriously, given this is HN, I honestly can't tell anymore.

mrcsharp 3y ago

I use .Net & C# for backend development and Vue or Blazor for Frontend. .Net has great tooling that won't get in your way as you work on the project. C# has added lots of great features and is blazing fast nowadays with every .Net release being accompanied by a massive blog post describing all the performance improvements to the runtime[1]. [1] https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/performance-improvements-in-net-8/ https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/performance-improvemen...

saasjosh 3y ago

ExpressJS back-end + NextJS front-end is the most productive one for me.

dylanzhangdev 3y ago

sveltekit + supabase/pocketbase