I feel you. That's why I try to limit my learnings as much as possible to "foundational" subjects. You can't go wrong by learning SQL in depth for example.
Wow, thanks a lot for your work! I've been looking for something similar for a while, and it's the first time it's been implemented properly. Please consider adding a "Sponsor" button on your profile, I'll be glad to support your work
I used Fleex (https://fleex.tv) when I was a teenager. It worked really well. You can use it with Netflix and local files by fetching subtitles from Opensubtitles, which is pretty smart
Deno seems to address some of the shortcomings of Node.
I haven't used it on a "real" application yet, but the built in support for Typescript, formatter, linter etc. reduce the complexity of tooling, especially for server code.