I strongly caution solo developers away from using a backend framework. A frontend framework is necessary for modern web development. Every HN startup should be going as minimal as possible.
Once you have 2 or more developers, you'll need to adopt a framework for new work (Rails, Django, etc.). Once you have 20 or more developers, you'll have more frameworks than you can count. And that's ideal.
Once you have 2 or more developers, you'll need to adopt a framework for new work (Rails, Django, etc.). Once you have 20 or more developers, you'll have more frameworks than you can count. And that's ideal.