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Ask HN: Best tech stack in 2024 to build a fast dashboard web app?

2 points| imnotreallynew | 2 years ago

I have a new project that needs a landing page, a signup flow, and a dashboard section displaying some data from a database.

I highly prefer simple, blazing fast websites like Hacker News and Craigslist that load near instantly.

I’ve got a little experience with Rails, React, Java/Kotlin (Android), and node/express.

Is there a particular tech stack that would be suitable for building something where load speed is a priority? I am more than happy to learn a new stack for this project. Thank you!

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XCSme|2 years ago

I still like HTML+PHP, easy to deploy, no build process, can share code across pages, no packages to maintain or keep updated, no dependencies to install, no server-crashes as each request is independent etc.

sgt|2 years ago

Just try Django.

imnotreallynew|2 years ago

Isn’t python/django quite slow?