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Ask HN: Choosing an entrepreneur's stack in late 2018?

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Re: Ask HN: Choosing an entrepreneur's stack in late 2018?

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Post by rufugee »

bmajz wrote: post #11

Honestly, even though it has its problems, Meteor is relatively simple framework that will even spit out mobile apps for you. It's probably the least effort (i.e. lines of code) to get a halfway decent app out, and it's scaled ok well as time has gone on. It has a bunch of weird quirks though especially in how it manages data. https://www.meteor.com

Thanks. Care to comment on what problems it has?

Re: Ask HN: Choosing an entrepreneur's stack in late 2018?

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Post by kohanz »

vfulco2 wrote: post #25

Is serverless too bleeding edge? I am grubbing around for something similar with limited IT skills; know almost nothing about node.js world regrettably. I see serverless django etc. being mentioned more often.

I used serverless for the back end of VidHug (https://VidHug.com) and I've been happy with it. Was there a compelling reason to do so (other than to learn something new?)? I don't know. I also learned ReactJS, among other things.

Just be honest with yourself that learning something new and launching fast (in the interests of entrepreneurship) are not aligned with each other.

Re: Ask HN: Choosing an entrepreneur's stack in late 2018?

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Post by bnchrch »

nikhildaga wrote: post #8

I wrote a blog yesterday about the technologies that we consider as the best to build a MVP https://ideatostartup.org/blog/idea-to-startup/the-best-tech... If you are into JavaScript, you should also check out : https://2018.stateofjs.com to know which JS technologies in general developers prefer the most.

Simple and to the point! My only out right disagreement would be on state management. If you have a GraphQL api, that means you are probably using Apollo. Just use apollo-link-state for your local state!

Re: Ask HN: Choosing an entrepreneur's stack in late 2018?

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Post by phodo »

billconan wrote: post #6

I highly recommend vuejs for the frontend. I can't imagine I would make a webapp without it. My backend is in c++, because I'm more fluent in it than any other languages. For database, I'm using mongodb. I heard bad sayings about it, but I decided to stick to it, because I like its programming interface, I think it's easier than using sql.

What c++ framework if any do you use ?

Re: Ask HN: Choosing an entrepreneur's stack in late 2018?

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Post by qqqwerty »

I am in a similar boat, going to try and kick off a side project during this xmas break. As others mentioned, you should probably consider reducing scope and picking one platform to MVP on. I was also planning on doing a multi-platform project, but after some thought, it felt like doing the MVP on mobile first would be best (for the project I have in mind, it felt like I could get more features, faster, into a mobile prototype. might be different for yours though). So I think I am going to try out Flutter, for a few reasons.

1. I don't like javascript. 2. It sounds like Flutter is working on adding web and desktop support, so it's possible that after I am done with the mobile prototype, that might be ready. 3. I am not much of a designer, so the fact that Flutter integrates easily with material components[1], feels like it will make it easier to get to a half-decent looking MVP. 4. I already know python, so don't really need to worry about server side code if I need it.

Another thing to consider, is if I had just focused on building something, rather than evaluating a bunch of frameworks, I would probably be half-way to a prototype by now. But because my project is more 'side-project' than 'startup idea', part of the fun is just kicking around some of these languages and frameworks. But if you are aiming for more towards the 'startup idea', probably best just to get started with whatever you are most familiar with.

[1] https://material.io/develop/flutter/

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