Ask HN: What is your preferred “full-stack in a box” solution and why?

For me it's Next.js + postgres, using TypeScript.

I've been building projects in React since around 2016, and Next.js just makes the annoying things go away (static rendering for SEO pages, image optimisation, code/bundle splitting, page routing, etc).

Django and PostgreSQL. No JS (except for occasional client side validation). Django has stayed out of my way most of the time, letting me focus on what I'm trying too build.

SvelteKit. I have a high risk tolerance but SvelteKit is the framework I've been waiting for since I first started using Pyramid & Django in 2010. All the plumbing, optimization, and performance is done with no configuration and a harmonious integration of back-end and front-end (finally!). I really really love it.

Heck, I'm even releasing my SvelteKit stack as a SaaS boilerplate for others to launch projects more quickly: https://sveltesaas.com

Django + Postgres + HTMX by default.

Graduate to React if and only if required.

Laravel. I could do React+Serverless+Managed DB, but pushing all the rendering in the server make things easier to manage. I could always add a sprinkle of Svelte or Vue if I need to spice thing up.