How to start building a new social network?

Question

I have an idea for a social networking site, and I will work on it alone in my free time.

My goals:

• check out web development
• improve my skills (programming languages, frameworks, scalable architectures, ...) for my personal pleasure and improve my resume.
• turn a project into a startup if I understand that it can be successful or use the knowledge that I have learned for other ideas if they come in the future.

Therefore, I would like to ask you if you can give me advice on the following points (or any other points):

• textbooks
• programming languages ​​and frameworks (I don't mind learning new ones)
• architecture
• (I need a lot of machines for development, testing, CI, ... or my MacBook Pro 2GB is enough)
• source control, CI, testing
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