Ask HN: What tech stack to use for my startup?

by ViktorBash on 2/7/2022, 12:13:31 AM with 6 comments
I'm building a website that is run of the mill CRUD (and am considering adding a mobile app in the future). I have written the backend API in Django and the frontend in React. However, I realized too late that a core marketing part of my project is SEO: React won't cut it then. I'm considering rewriting the frontend in Next.js (to solve the issues with SEO), or just completely rewriting everything in Django. I've looked through a few past HN discussions about the state of web development, but I still can't decide which is better. Right now I'm leaning towards Next.js because it would be less work/time porting React to Next.js vs Django for the frontend; this would let me launch quicker, which is quite valuable.

Do I go with the shiny new thing, or tried and true framework? Also, what do you use as your tried and true tech stack for new projects?

  • by dyeje on 2/7/2022, 1:34:54 AM

    You can move your existing front-end to a subdomain (e.g. app.startup.com) and then run your "marketing" (landing, pricing, blog, etc) pages through a separate stack.

  • by donatj on 2/7/2022, 12:17:55 AM

    Unpopular opinion but PHP/MySQL monolith, primarily server side rendering with client side enhancements, and you can have an MVC in weeks instead of months. When performance becomes a concern break off chunks into Go microservices. This is what we did and it's served us very well.

  • by patricklorio on 2/7/2022, 3:29:51 AM

    My react build scripts use https://github.com/stereobooster/react-snap to create static files which I deploy. Might be good enough for you. Otherwise I'd suggest moving the app to a different subdomain as someone else mentioned and having separate marketing pages. If you have a lot of dynamic content (ie user generated) that you want SEO'd, server side rendering is the most tried and tested.