RE: LeoThread 2025-04-19 22:44
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Building web apps in 2025 often resembles putting together IKEA furniture.
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Building web apps in 2025 often resembles putting together IKEA furniture.
There isn't a complete "full-stack" package with all components included; instead, various individual services must be assembled and configured:
• Frontend/backend (such as React, Next.js, APIs)
• Hosting (CDN, HTTPS, domains,
autoscaling)
• Database
• Authentication (custom, social logins)
• Blob storage (file uploads, URLs, CDN-backed)
• Email
• Payments
• Background jobs
• Analytics
• Monitoring
• Development tools (CI/CD, staging)
•
Secrets
• And more...
For those newer to modern web development, this complexity can be daunting. Just recently, it took a few hours to set up and configure a database service alongside a hosting app, resolving several errors along the way.
Straying even slightly from the basic tutorial quickly transforms the process into navigating a maze of configurations, plumbing, orchestration, workflows, and best practices.
Much credit will be due to those who ultimately make this process effortlessly accessible and nearly automatic for both users and increasingly, AIs.