DigitalOcean/Linode (More DO these days… Linode is cheaper but seems to have security problems)
Ubuntu for servers, archlinux for desktop
Go (Lots & Lots & Lots of Go… My favorite language)
Python
PostgreSQL & MySQL (but mostly PostgreSQL)
Redis
Riak
docker
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