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> To run a website in 2019, you need: 1. Server 2. nginx 3. A certificate 4. DNS

I wasn't talking about building a static website, I was talking about building a scalable web app. You can start a project as a hobby, but if you every hope to dream of doing something larger, you should at very least consider a path to expansion. This shouldn't mean jumping into Docker and Kubernetes, which are pretty complex. There should be platforms that handle database and instance scaling automatically. When you start off, you only need one or two instances, and as you grow, new instances get automatically added.

Back in the old days of 2013, this was super easy, no Dockerfile or Kubernetes yaml files were needed. Now, you need to configure every single tiny variable for every operation. This is great for large enterprises, but miserable for small companies that want to get started.