update the 'What technology does Backstage use' section

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## Technical FAQ
### What technology does Backstage use?
Backstage is a large scale [TypeScript](https://www.typescriptlang.org/)
application whose frontend parts use [React](https://react.dev/) and
[Material-UI](https://mui.com/), while the backend parts use
[Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) and the [Express](https://expressjs.com/)
framework.
### Why Material-UI?
The short answer is that's what we've been using in Backstage internally.
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hurdles as possible. Material-UI lets plugin makers get going easily with both
well-known tech and a large flora of components.
### What technology does Backstage use?
The codebase is a large-scale React application that uses TypeScript. For
[Phase 2](https://github.com/backstage/backstage#project-roadmap), we plan to
use Node.js and GraphQL.
### What is the end-to-end user flow? The happy path story.
There are three main user profiles for Backstage: the integrator, the