I skimmed this thread though highlights so I am somewhat aware of the forge-fabric-quilt retardation.
All you need to know is that Fabric was created "in response to the allegedly slow development of Minecraft Forge around Minecraft version 1.13. The developers considered Forge to be bloated, so the Forge API functionalities were either split out into Fabric API or discarded. Fabric itself is only a modloader." Doesn't help that the Forge devs are being held back by one person...were being held back. Quilt was made because a single Fabric dev said something slightly offensive which spurred the trannies into mobilizing, making a fork with a bunch of fake reasons since the real reason was because they considered Fabric transphobic, wish I was kidding. There were also a bunch of lies about Fabric and Quilt to make Fabric look worse but considering that the only people who use Quilt are scam artists and trannies...yeah. Cunted and Smithy have more information.
IIRC fabric dev called "Player" did a wrongthink and made the trannies feel unsafe.
Here is a screenshot list I found, it's very retarded:
https://gist.github.com/leo60228/7a185bea0ac0a7f16b0f393cd888f08d

Now NeoForge is a thing, which is basically exactly the same as Forge but all the devs quit the original Forge because the main dev was incredibly lazy and make working on and with it hard to do, now he's pretty much alone. Might eventually even heal the rift between Fabric and Forge with potential compatibility. All in all, autism and tranny nonsense split the Minecraft modding scene in two and only terminally online retards are happy about it.
Thank you but hosting is not an issue at all. Open ports on my router, turn on the server, done.
Nice. Hope it works out.
Didn't something retarded with JEI happen lately?

Unfortunately, in it's the previous pages. REI works fine too.
heres some more stuff that I found when I was searching through my files:
fervently praying these people get chronic hemorrhoids
RIP Higgs, outed as a pedo.
Our last playthrough had botania which was a cool mod to get away from tech stuff for a bit. Now that botania is out of the question, you say you make use of magic mods, can you recommend some? (not thaumcraft) Something to diversify the mods a bit, all tech stuff can get a bit dull after a while.
With pleasure.
Mana and Artifice can seem pretty complex, but it's super interesting with what you can do with it. If you ever played Ars Magica 2, it's inspired by it. It's autistic so might not be for you.
Astral Sorcery...ah shit that's also kind of autistic. Well if you ever wanted magic that required it to be night to perform your rituals that'll turn you into a living God, this is it.
Eidolon is pretty fun and interactive without it being hyper-autistic. Takes a minute, but I really like it. It's like the warlock path to Blood Magic's blood mage and Witchery's...Witchery, though it has plenty of both. Speaking of which,
Bewitchment. It's pretty much heavily inspired by that Witchery mod. Some might recommend
Mahou Tsukai but I'm not one of them. Its aesthetic, especially with the magic sygils and how easily you can fuck your world with some of the spells is a bit much. But that's not to say it's not a bad mod, it's very good, just a bit jarring in some spots.
Ars Nouveau is pretty much one of the best magic mods for 1.16 and higher. Easy to set up, bits of Thaumcraft inspired stuff, lots of utility, heavily customizable, a few addons, imagine Noita if anything. Late game can be
busted (note, the video includes various other mods that make it stronger) but honestly compared to tech mods, it's not that bad. I mean you can't make any super nukes like Draconic Evolution but you can do some world damage. I can name more like
Hexerei,
Forbidden and Arcanus but long enough and they'll mostly just start blending together and overlap. There's also various other mods that are "magical" but then you'll have either a fantasy mod or a kitchen sink modpack as opposed to a mostly tech modpack. So if anything I'd just pick Ars Nouveau and Hexerei, and maybe another one if you want. I also want to mention
Iron's Spells for 1.20 that is not only aesthetically pleasing, but it's easy to follow and use, just something to keep in mind for the future. Reminds me of
Ancient Spellcraft, rip that mo-oh shit it's still going. (Forgot to mention
Project E, famous for various reasons but mostly transmutation, but that's been overused for years now).