MEAN 2.0 + Redis + Socket.io + Secure Authentication | Good Idea or overkill?

So I want the apps I build to have immediate updates pushed out while also having lightening fast data transfer. I like working on the MEAN stack, so the tools would be:

• MEAN using Angular 4
• Redis caching the Mongodb
• Socket.io
• Middleware using passport and JWT for secure sessions?

I personally think a setup like this would provide the primary pillars for an application: speed, security, and functionality. However, I feel that it will be tedious getting them all to work with each other, so I wanted to reach out and get opinions from the community.

Here are some questions below:

1. Is it common for devs to use Redis and a disk-based database? Is that the most typical combination? If so, would Redis access a special nodejs api talking with Mongodb, and feed that information into Redis?

2. Let's say I'm using Passport Google login. Is Passport really the latest and greatest or is there something better? I'm not too familiar with Angular 4 yet (just version one), but in the past I used Passport as middleware on the node route, then created a JWT session that Angular would use.

3. Anyone with experience using Angular and Socket, do they play well together or is it more like using two frameworks together and not a good idea?

Thanks for any answers or insight provided. I'm trying to grasp if this is a viable setup.

via Kenny