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by elliottcarlson 5016 days ago
This is one of my biggest issues with a lot of the projects being posted lately - they look great but I don't know the tech stack until I finally look at the code. Would be great if people at least mention if their project requires node.js, ruby or what not on their homepage.
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(I work at Deployd) From our perspective, one of our ultimate goals is to create a platform where the tech stack doesn't matter to the user. We've partially solved this with the Mac/Windows installer - it installs Node.js and MongoDB dependencies itself. That way, you don't need to know the stack unless you're developing extensions (which are node modules).

However, I do agree that we need to document the stack better for those that want to install from source, or host it themselves.