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by em-bee 971 days ago
depends on the goal:

if the passion is to learn some new tech then well, there are lots of options, i'd pick something that i haven't worked with yet.

if it is something where the passion is in the content, i would use the same old stack that i used for my last few projects. in my case that is aurelia+custom backend which is a reusable object storage and user management platform, where i didn't need to add any project specific features for some time now.

if i could not use that backend, i would pick something that makes it easy to manage objects through a REST API.

if i had to evaluate a new framework then the main thing that i would look for is the ability to minimize or avoid any dependency on build tools.

unfortunately, with the rapid evolution in frontend frameworks there is also a rapid evolution in build tools. that just adds extra effort to maintain a site for more than a few years.

without buildtools getting in the way i can maintain a site with minimal effort, and i know it will still be running in a decade from now.