As an indie founder, I prefer to use Node/Express and React/Redux, hosted on Digital Ocean. Really fast and convenient to build SaaSes and single page apps like:

https://nulis.io

https://helix.startuplab.io

If I don't need a lot of fancy interactive functionality, and am building more of a usual web 2.0 website, I sometimes go with Django/PostgreSQL:

https://fictionhub.io

http://webacademy.io

http://lumiverse.io

For static blogs and content websites, I go with pelican generated sites simply served with nginx:

https://startuplab.io/blog