Why I spent 7 months building a Production-Ready Node.js & React LMS (and skipped Redux)

If you search Google for a "Node.js LMS" or "MERN Stack LMS" right now, you’ll find plenty of abandoned GitHub repos and basic tutorials, but almost zero production-ready commercial solutions. Earlier this year, I took on an enterprise e-learning project at my agency, Majormod Technologies . I assumed I could buy a premium React/Node boilerplate to jumpstart the build. I scoured Envato, GitHub, and every dev forum I know. There was nothing . The industry is still stuck in "WordPress hell," stacking heavy PHP plugins on top of each other. My client wanted speed, a modern headless architecture, and total control. So, I spent the last 7+ months (3,000+ hours) building the world's first commercially available MERN stack LMS. The Architecture I didn't want a "starter kit." I wanted a "business in a box." Frontend (React.js) : I made a conscious choice to use native React hooks for state management instead of Redux. It keeps the bundle size down and makes the course builder feel significantl