01Stack
The tools we
ship on.
Boring, durable, well-documented. We pick tools we'd inherit a year from now — not what's trending this quarter. Every category below is in active production across current engagements.
02Categories
Seven categories,
one consistent stack.
01
Web
Next.js first. App Router, server components, edge-first.
Next.js
App Router default
React
19 / server components
TypeScript
Strict mode, no implicit any
Tailwind CSS
Design tokens via CSS vars
Vercel
Preview URLs per PR
Cloudflare Workers
Edge logic, KV, D1
Prisma
Type-safe DB client
Zod
Runtime validation
TanStack Query
Async state + cache
MDX
Content-driven pages
02
Mobile
Native when it matters, cross-platform when it ships.
Swift
iOS + SwiftUI
Kotlin
Android + Jetpack Compose
Flutter
Cross-platform / Dart
React Native
Expo + EAS update
Expo EAS
Build, submit, OTA
Firebase
Auth + Crashlytics
Fastlane
Store pipelines
Sentry
Crash reporting
SQLCipher
On-device encryption
XCTest / Espresso
UI test suites
03
Backend
Boring tech with a decade of Stack Overflow answers.
Node.js
Fastify / Hono
Python
FastAPI, data work
PostgreSQL
Default database
Redis
Cache + queues
Temporal
Durable workflows
GraphQL
Apollo Server / Router
Docker
Local + production
AWS
When compliance needs it
Fly.io
Default deploy target
Terraform
Infra as code
04
AI
Eval-driven, citation-grounded, hallucination-budgeted.
Anthropic Claude
Long-context reasoning
OpenAI GPT
Vision + multimodal
pgvector
Embeddings in Postgres
Pinecone
Managed vector DB
LangChain
Chain orchestration
Vercel AI SDK
Streaming UI patterns
Whisper
Speech-to-text
Promptfoo
Eval suite
Helicone
Cost + trace monitoring
LiteLLM
Multi-provider routing
05
Games
Unity for mobile, Unreal for 3D, Godot for web.
Unity
C# · mobile + 2D
Unreal Engine
C++ · 3D + AAA-look
Steamworks
PC distribution + IAP
Cloudflare Workers
Leaderboards + save sync
Nakama
Managed multiplayer
Photon
Real-time multiplayer
Firebase
Auth + player data
Unity Cloud Build
CI for Unity
Receipt Validator
IAP server-side check
06
DevOps
Repeatable, observable, zero-drama deploys.
GitHub Actions
CI default
Docker
Container runtime
Terraform
Infra as code
Vercel
Frontend deploys
Fly.io
Backend deploys
AWS
When needed
Sentry
Error monitoring
Datadog
Metrics + traces
Linear
Incident tracking
1Password
Secrets management
07
Design
Figma to code, with tokens shared between them.
Figma
Default design tool
Linear
Project + sprint planning
Excalidraw
Architecture sketches
Lucidchart
Formal diagrams
Loom
Async walkthroughs
Storybook
Component documentation
03How we pick
Five filters
every tool passes.
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