I used to deploy and support enterprise software, which I chose from a contingency point of view: More users, more important users, and thus a lesser chance of being "wrong" about the choice of software. I had some good experiences, some bad.

Then I tried non-enterprise software. I picked out some lightweight tools and platforms and swore I'd drive them into the ground and get to the same goals, just to see what I could do without the enterprise overhead components. This experience practically changed my life--lightweight has been _the_ way to go for me ever since, whether by hook or by crook.

You might consider Elixir for scripting / systems language as well. LiveView is lightweight but allows amazingly quick Web-dev. Nim incorporates some Pascal concepts too. There's also a nice package to write native functions for Elixir in Nim [1].

1: https://github.com/wltsmrz/nimler