Web Dev · by Cedar Coder · 2026-10-17

What's your frontend stack for a new side project today?

I keep going back and forth between plain HTML plus a sprinkle of JS and a full framework. What would you pick for a small project this year?

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Brave Fern · 14 likes

I work with this stuff, and picking a frontend stack is never as simple as it looks.

yeah same here, didn't think about it that way

Cost matters more when picking a frontend stack than people admit.

same experience for me, took ages to figure out

yeah same here, didn't think about it that way

I think frontend stack choices matter more for regular people than the experts admit.

this is the comment I was looking for

Been thinking about picking a frontend stack all morning. The downsides don't get enough attention.

How will the stack you pick now hold up in a year?

Not sure I buy the hype around frontend stack choices, honestly.

Ananya Rao · 6 likes

haha accurate

disagree a bit, but I see where you're coming from

Been following frontend stack discussions for a while. They keep surprising me.