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by xeckr 835 days ago
Have you tried the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express, React, Node)? If you expect traffic to be relatively low and the app is simple, I'd even forgo MongoDB in favour of a dead-simple JSON file. I'd put it all on an AWS Lightsail instance to save as much money as possible. You could also look into self-hosting if you live close to your user base.
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boredChimp 835 days ago
Great thoughts. Actually I could host this on an RPi as I’m close in proximity to the user base. Lightsail is very interesting, I’ll take a look.

Is MERN stack still in demand?

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xeckr 834 days ago
>Is MERN stack still in demand?

For getting a job? Express is probably less common in enterprise, but since the whole stack is JS/TS you'll have no problem porting your knowledge from that to any of the newer server-side frameworks. React is to my knowledge still the most widely used framework in modern front-end development.

Regarding self-hosting, make sure you look into isolating the RPi you use to serve your app from the rest of your home network as much as possible, and change the default password.

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boredChimp 834 days ago
Yep, fully agree about React being the most widely used framework.

And yes, good point on the Pi.

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