Wanna build a proof of concept quickly? Pick a stack you're familiar with.
Wanna make a hobby project for fun? Pick whichever stack you want to learn better.
Speaking of learning, want to improve your programming experience with the aspiration to be hired as a software engineer? Pick a popular tech stack.
Want to build something that you hope will grow and will eventually look for contributors (whether that be hiring people or open sourcing)? Pick a popular tech stack.
There are other less important factors like technical pros/cons of the tech stack depending on what your application is doing and how you expect it to grow technically and as a product, but I would start with the above.
A lot of tech stacks out there can build a relatively successful Reddit-like app, and with enough experience, scale it when needed.
If you are less experienced and want to try avoiding some pitfalls and antipatterns that could make maintaining or scaling your app difficult, I would recommend picking a stack that contains a more full fledged framework that provides a lot of the code structure and tools for you.
Hey all, I spent a bit of time today creating a user script that adds a dark blue theme and makes compact mode even more compact so you can see more threads. Here's a preview of the theme and the extra-compact mode...
Hey Noki, you'll want to installout either the Tampermonkey browser extension (https://www.tampermonkey.net/) listed in the sidebar, or the Stylus extension. I would recommend Tampermonkey; it'll work as well as Stylus and also work on javascript mods like collapsible comments.
Then click on my link to go to the greasyfork page, and click the install button :)
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If you had to make a reddit/kbin-like clone, what tech stack would you use?
Thinking of starting a personal project to keep busy. I'm very good with databases and SQL but interested in branching out to more full-stack...
OC kbin mod: extra-compact mode & clean dark blue theme (greasyfork.org)
Hey all, I spent a bit of time today creating a user script that adds a dark blue theme and makes compact mode even more compact so you can see more threads. Here's a preview of the theme and the extra-compact mode...