Now sounds very similar to EvenNode , but perhaps a bit more feature there with the multi-region DNS. EvenNode is a fantastic service I highly recommend. Great customer support, low monthly fee. Comes with a free mongodb instance (on AWS) to connect to. While the free tier is only a 7 day trial, main features are Auto-Scaling (3 instances default) Live-Logs SSL w/ auto L.E. cert-bot Secrets (ENV mgmt), GIT Commit+Test based deployment Free MongoDB replica set instance w/ each app

For "wire" like wireframing, paper is a good start. Google docs is very sufficient for diagrams (New -> Drawing), and supports collaboration. There are also a number of chrome apps (Gliphu, Cucoo, ...) that interoperate w/ google docs. I've tried a few, but fall back an a Google Docs Drawing 99% of the time.

I use backbonejs - for a lot of reasons. Using it on multiple projects. I too prefer simplicity and flexibility in a toolset. When it comes to abstraction of concerns and an event driven view state, nothing beats Backbone, in my opinion. And it gets us thinking about code abstraction, how we model code, and patterns - while we're building apps. And its fantastically extensible, and supports Prototypal Inheritance patterns.

If you enjoy exercising the option to decide what clothes to wear today that suit your personal taste, then Linux is the only option; and it comes with the solace that many other users have tried wearing those clothes under a myriad of conditions refining them into the most suitable and practical attire for any occasion, rain or shine.

Irony ~ github; a product heavily reliant on the GIT software stack, which was developed by the author of the linux kernel, and consequently is an integral technology in nearly all open source linux software projects; releases a desktop tool for [windows and osx]...? Alrighty then...