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Vlad Zivkovic

What is the 'Must-Have' tech stack for bootstrapping your startup in 2023?

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Hey Product Hunters! I am the founder of https://wewaat.com and I've been navigating the challenging journey of bootstrapping. The journey has been a roller coaster, and the choices of tools and technologies have been critical in shaping our startup's trajectory. What about you? If you were to build a startup from scratch in 2023, what would your 'Must-Have' tech stack be?
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Neal Woolery
The primary focus is consistently on the customers and prioritizing their experience above all else.
Vlad Zivkovic
@nealwoolery Yes it is.
Ajinkya Bhat | Notion X Startups
What I use for my Startup: Notion- Team organization, CRM, Finances. Team Knowledge Management Slack- Comms Bardeen.ai- automations, web scraping Canva/ Figma- Graphics/ Promotional Content NotionAI/ChatGPT- Writing copy outlines NotionAI/ Co-pilot: Coding (I run a deep tech startup!) That's mostly it! Considering Superhuman for emails- although I have not used it yet.
Vlad Zivkovic
@ajinkya_bhat Awesome, love it!
Aidai Zu
@ajinkya_bhat Same here + Miro. MY All-in ultimate helper
André J
DiffSense
@ajinkya_bhat why are you considering superhuman ? Because your email is a mess? why not hey.com? I still use gmail btw. I dont get that much emails yet 😅 I think that is about to change tho.
Ajinkya Bhat | Notion X Startups
@sentry_co Thanks for the recommendation Andre! Will check it out :) Yeah it was mostly cos I get a lot of emails through three accounts- my school account, my startup email and my personal email (side hustle) and I really need to bring them together!
André J
DiffSense
@ajinkya_bhat If you start using superhuman. let me know how it goes. pros and cons etc. I wish they had a way try it.
ioni
I don’t think that tech stack is a crucial point. You may do an MVP with a super simple no-code solution and if you get 1m customers then who cares what technologies did you use. It’s always about the customers and their experience first.
Vlad Zivkovic
@serhii_uspenskyi No-code would still be a tech stack, but I agree it, whatever it takes to make customers experience good.
ioni
@vladimir_zivkovic yeah, you are right
André J
DiffSense
@serhii_uspenskyi I agree. In the vein of how @levelsio operates. Just use what you know. You can always pimp the stack later if you need
ioni
@sentry_co make sense
Arthur Liebhardt
In general, I would recommend using the tools that you are most knowledgeable and efficient with. For example, I have been working with Node.js and React for several years, and if I were to start a new project from scratch, my go-to stack would be Next.js (frontend and microservices) together with Supabase for authentication and database management.
Vlad Zivkovic
@arthurliebhardt I agree! Use to be a fan of React...
Alexey Anshakov
Today, the no-coding trend is reigning supreme. So, everything related to it is in the spotlight. Although, my preferred stack is JS + Airtable + Make.com, which allows for quickly building prototypes and testing ideas.
Vlad Zivkovic
@aanshakov Yeah seems like no-code is the go to right now for startups.
André J
DiffSense
@aanshakov Why not use notion database instead of airtable? Im no expert. just curious about what you think.
Alexey Anshakov
@eonpilot No problem, you can. But for development, Airtable is more convenient.
Frank Sondors
Salesforge
I must say you have a great website, so kudos to you on that! I think the must-have is defined by the goals you want to achieve, so would be a bit pointless to talk about must-haves unless you know what you're building.
Vlad Zivkovic
@profy17 Thanks Frank, I really appreciate it.
Shaur ul Asar
MYND
IMO# by leveraging scalable infrastructure, versatile programming languages, efficient frameworks, and reliable tools, startups can set themselves up for success.
Vlad Zivkovic
@shaur_ul_asar Diversity is the key.
Raisa Shafiyyullah
Hi Vladimir, the website look slick! cool website! I have a tech background, so I prefer building websites from scratch. However, recently I've been using no-code/low-code tools for some clients, like Bubble, Webflow, and Canva. By the way, you can even build a website with Canva (haha). I would say, find the technology that can get your business/startup up and running quickly so you can test your product and iterate. My list: - Google Docs, Forms, drive & sheets - Stripe or other easy payment links - Poe.com (chatgpt) for doing copy work etc - Landing page: CSS/html, but WordPress can work too - Google Analytics
Vlad Zivkovic
@raisans I think every major platform now have the website builder :) Also I would add to your list Microsoft Clarity for heatmaps, awesome free tool.
Raisa Shafiyyullah
@vladimir_zivkovic Ahh, I used to have heatmaps but it was expensive. I will check Microsoft Clarity. Thanks, Vladimir!
Vlad Zivkovic
@raisans I use to have the same but than Microsoft acquired Clarity and offered it for free... You can integrate Google Analytics and many other tools, they have really nice dashboard with live recordings and stuff.
Sia
Either Node/Express + Astro or Python + Astro. I feel that Python + Astro gives me the highest productivity. I used to default to Node for the backend, pure Express JS or something like NestJS, but ultimately, I feel that Python has much better support for data wrangling and since most of my products are data-intensive, I moved over to Python. Equally, I kept doing NextJS for many years but honestly, I find React and Next are too clunky while frameworks like Svelte, despite initial promise, went the wrong route and ballooned. Hence I prefer Astro and if I need more reusability for my components I'd use something like Lit.
Vlad Zivkovic
@siavoshzarrasvand I don't think there is a better way than Python for data, and Astro is really good.
Thaha
Webpage Sherlock
I think tech stack to start with is good old HTML+CSS+JS and you can expand as you go and as your needs increase.
Vlad Zivkovic
@thehighsecond One of the fastest go to market tech stacks!
Thaha
Webpage Sherlock
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