Instead of criticizing the language used why don’t you create the same style of informative website for whatever language you want? It would be pretty neat to have the same website with the option to select what language to see the examples.
Honestly I love the Javascript Eco system. I love change and js is only getting better and better. Learning a new framework is fun. On top of that it keeps js development marketable. The wages for front end development have sky rocketed which imo is amazing.
Well docker kinda solves the problem. And nodejs is pretty easy to setup. Amazon offers a slue of services geared towards what you are talking about. I also thing there are a few startups addressing these kinds of issues.. but they have specific use cases. Check out: https://serverless.com/
I think most people research movies before going to see them, I rarely purchase something without researching it. IMO the less invasive the better, if I have to see an ad id prefer it to be general. IMO the benefits of personalized ads are far less than the cost of having them. Given your example the ad supplier would know if you have kids or not.. In getting this info what else do they know about you? Are your kids adopted? Are you married? Sexual orientation etc.. The cost is great to have personalized ads.
Maybe I'm just ignorant but how can the House of Commons support this well also once supporting the wars that followed 911. To me it's as if they are admitting they had no business attacking the surrounding countries.