My web thoughts lately are: OpenBSD + Rust + sqlx crate + httpd (the one that comes with OpenBSD) + sqlite (or postgresql if there is significant known write contention) + slowCGI/fastCGI.
Maybe not as quick-starty as you want: some learning up front, but might pay for itself over time, depending on how often you want to re-do things for security or performance problems or frequent technology replacement needs. OpenBSD and associated tools seem to have far fewer zero-day or other security exploits than others, the CGI stuff I noted will probalby give great performance, and the Rust language has been written about elsewhere. Admittedly most of my experience is with OpenBSD as a desktop, and other web dev tools, but I'm learning in this direction.
I.e., I tend like things that will work well in the long run and relieve me from stack churn or dependency churn & related high maintenance or security headaches, with few or no technical limitations on what is possible.
Maybe not as quick-starty as you want: some learning up front, but might pay for itself over time, depending on how often you want to re-do things for security or performance problems or frequent technology replacement needs. OpenBSD and associated tools seem to have far fewer zero-day or other security exploits than others, the CGI stuff I noted will probalby give great performance, and the Rust language has been written about elsewhere. Admittedly most of my experience is with OpenBSD as a desktop, and other web dev tools, but I'm learning in this direction.
Some possible resources:
https://learnbchs.org/
https://www.openbsd.org/
https://www.rust-lang.org/
I.e., I tend like things that will work well in the long run and relieve me from stack churn or dependency churn & related high maintenance or security headaches, with few or no technical limitations on what is possible.
Edits: for clarity.