Try parcel for bundling. It's basically zero config and fast.
I did 4 months ago, I loved it at first but when I tried to use it in a more complex use case during hackathon I ended up hitting some weird compile bugs with it and decided to go back to webpack. Maybe ill try it again once it matures a bit more.
Backend: Node, Typescript, Express, TypeORM, Postgres, SocketIO, PugJS, BabylonJS
Webpack for bundling
Digital Ocean or Azure for Ubuntu vm hosting
I feel having the same language for front/back end really reduces mental overhead.