Take a look at Kolab Now (https://kolabnow.com). They are based in Switzerland and are only using open source software. You can also use your custom domain with them.
At the time of this writing, basically >= IE9. One could argue that this is quiet far back, but I would definitely support IE11 since it is supported on Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.
In my experience, IE11 has pretty good support of web technologies, so I would not go as far to call it IE6 hell.
I mainly use my iPhone for web development when I am on the go and feel like getting some light work done. I use Textastic, a great editor for iOS. However, when I need to get more complex work done while traveling, I always take my laptop with me. This allows me to use things like Vagrant. I do not know what the situation is like on Android, but I don't see iOS replacing MacOS when it comes to web development.
I use www.puphpet.com to set up my Vagrant environments for web development. You basically configure your environment in the browser and and then download the generated Vagrant configuration that gets everything going for you.
I do it when I am on the go and feel like getting some light work done. Mostly small adjustments which don't require the whole codebase but just single files. For doing more complex work I often feel to restricted: I can't start, for example, Vagrant to test my changes.
I am talking about iOS here, I do not know what the experience is like on Android. By the way, I find Textastic to be a great editor on iOS, it is a universal app, so it runs on iPads as well.
> but instead would like to grow it (which is quite hard to do on my own)
I don't know the details but a lot of, now very successful projects, have been grown by a single person, so you can definitely do it. Check out www.indiehackers.com for advice and inspiration.
I have also not dealt with things like these, but one thing I strongly believe in: don't be afraid to let people know how you feel about things and how you see things. So I would probably say something like this: I do not wish to sell my project but I am looking for an opportunity to grow. Would you be willing to help me out with this? In turn, we can find a way to help you out with your goals as well to make this a win-win scenario.
I think this is a great idea! You could even go a step further and also discuss challenges like perfectionism and procrastination. I believe that a lot of developers are struggling with this and would appreciate guidance in areas which are also about the internal challenges and not just about the functional career challenges. I know I could have used a website like this.
In my experience, you will hear the most important things from your friends, family or coworkers, so you could just try to not read any news at all. If you feel like you are missing important things, than I would try to go with a short daily or weekly digest of the news you care about the most.
If you need the website up fast, and don't have much experience with dynamic websites, I would go for a simple static website to begin with and then expand it over time.
Personally, I like to go with dynamic websites most of the time. I have templates to help me get going fast and if I ever need to implement some dynamic functionality I can just extend the existing implementation.
