Thought Experiment

We are going to start a business together, and we need to pick our tech stack. We need to choose something that will support our company for the time in which it is operating. Our goal is to build a successful product, gain users, and become profitable.

Overview

1. Understand the business goals
2. Understand the product goals
3. Analyze your team’s strengths
4. Design initial architecture
5. Pick your tech stack

We’re going to dive into each of these areas, but here’s the TLDR (for me);

• React for front end
• NodeJS for APIs (deployed as serverless func)
• Using Next.js framework
• Hosted on Vercel
• MongoDB database on MongoDB Atlas
• Update: now I'm using Supabase, which I think is great for IndieHackers

Businesses

Let’s take a look at some statistics before we start making decisions.

Only 30% of U.S. small businesses make it to the ten-year point, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.