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Making Smart Tech Stack Decisions for Your Startup

January 2, 2024
10 min
By Avnish Chandrasuman
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Making Smart Tech Stack Decisions for Your Startup


The tech stack decision is one of the most critical choices early-stage startups make. Choose wrong, and you'll spend months refactoring.


The Framework: Business First, Technology Second


Most technical founders approach tech stack decisions backwards. They ask "What's the most interesting technology?" instead of "What serves our business goals?"


The Startup Technology Lifecycle


Stage 1: Validation (0-1K users)

Goal: Prove product-market fit as quickly as possible


Stage 2: Growth (1K-100K users)

Goal: Scale the product and team efficiently


Stage 3: Scale (100K+ users)

Goal: Handle scale while maintaining velocity


The Bottom Line


Your tech stack should be boring and reliable, not exciting and experimental. The goal is to build a business, not to showcase technical prowess.


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