Torn between NextJS or Node/Express

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  1. Express

    Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for node.

    Latest 5.x beta release was over a year ago https://github.com/expressjs/express/blob/5.0/History.md

  2. InfluxDB

    InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

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  3. qwik

    Instant-loading web apps, without effort

    There's already qwik, that does SSR and then converts the rest of the app into lazily loaded event handlers.

  4. Uppy

    The next open source file uploader for web browsers :dog:

  5. Nest

    A progressive Node.js framework for building efficient, scalable, and enterprise-grade server-side applications with TypeScript/JavaScript 🚀

  6. sst

    Build full-stack apps on your own infrastructure.

    If you have to do frontend, I would just go with NextJS. It can serve as an API as well. I just came across this today https://sst.dev/ and I'm looking to use that on a side project. It basically runs NextJS or other popular frontend frameworks on AWS using serverless. That way you don't have to worry as much about concurrency.

  7. wasp

    The fastest way to develop full-stack web apps with React & Node.js.

    you should try out https://wasp-lang.dev which is basically Ruby-On-Rails for the React-Express-Postgres (PERN) Stack

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