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AnyMail helps shortcut this process, used it several times with much success.

== Consolidated advice ==

- Don't use Iris because shady-thievery-mischief - Learning is costly: If you have to learn a lot to get into fullstack dev, learning a new language will compound that cost - Just pick whatever and f'n build something - artists build

Backend: 1. Node.js 2. RoR in second 3. Spring Boot/Play 4. Phoenix

Database: 1. Postgres

Frontend: 1. React 2. Backbone

Thanks all for the advice and avoiding the temptation to completely slam me (though it's warranted).

My takeaways are:

1. Don't forget about SSL, and LetsEncrypt provides a free option (will donate eventually) 2. Amazon Lightsail looks promising but be wary of any service that will not automatically cap usage once you've hit your spending threshold (apparently Google CC too, but not Digital Ocean) 3. I know there are .NET developers on here but they're a vocal minority (I work on a Windows/Ubuntu machine so it's within my reach but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

Thanks again, all! See you on the webbz.

P.S. I'm working on my first chrome extension (frontend only) and might follow-up asking for advice on that.

That's a good point.

I played with Vue just now and it felt right. :)

XD

The first .NET recommendation! I was waiting for this one. :D

Hah, some eternal truth right here.

Thank you! Phoenix is definitely bouncing around over here and I'd heard about it before this Ask as well.

I just mentioned that in another comment, the fun of learning something new.

Thank you, I'm definitely going back/forth between sticking with what I'm familiar with and learning something new (because that feels more fun?) hah

Thanks for the detailed reply :) I'm a little iffy with Rails myself.

I worked with Rails briefly in my previous company and found a working product nearly unmanageable.

Any tips on keeping the codebase legible?

I like the idea of not remaining trapped in the frontend framework (angular really bothers me for some reason). Others recommend backbone too so I'll check it out.

Thanks! I'll check out Play

Thanks for this, close call.

Thanks for the heads up

I just "deactivated" Facebook and I think things are improving as well.

As for twitter, I want to use it as a personal brand vehicle, that and my quora page. So while I agree that it's poison half the time, it's also a great way to engage people and discuss topics that can lead to partnerships/work in the future.

Bloc's apprenticeship teaches Android Studio :)