Stack

Tools with a reason

Each tool earned its place against a real constraint, such as unstable schemas, missing cloud ownership or delivery pressure. Not a wishlist.

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01Backend & APIs

Contracts, endpoints and services that stay reliable under real traffic.

General-purpose language used for Django APIs, scripts and data work.Open docs

Python

Primary backend language

Django + Django REST Framework for APIs, serializers, auth and admin.Open docs

Django / DRF

Schemas & business workflows

Typed JavaScript for safer frontend, Node services and shared contracts.Open docs

TypeScript

Typed APIs and BFFs

JavaScript runtime for servers, BFFs and integration layers.Open docs

Node.js

Services & integrations

Opinionated Node framework with modules, DI and OpenAPI support.Open docs

NestJS

Modular Node backends

Query language and schema system for flexible client-driven APIs.Open docs

GraphQL

Contract-first APIs

OpenAPI tooling to describe, document and explore HTTP APIs.Open docs

Swagger

OpenAPI documentation

API client for collections, environments and collaborative testing.Open docs

Postman

Collections & testing

02Data & async

Stores and queues chosen for the domain, not for fashion.

Relational database with strong consistency, SQL and migrations.Open docs

PostgreSQL

Relational integrity

Document database useful when schemas are still evolving.Open docs

MongoDB

Flexible schemas

In-memory store used for caching, locks and Celery brokers.Open docs

Redis

Cache & brokers

Distributed task queue for Python, for async jobs, retries and schedules.Open docs

Celery

Background jobs

Search and analytics engine for full-text queries at scale.Open docs

Elasticsearch

Search at scale

03Cloud & delivery

From Docker locally to AWS production, including rollback paths.

Cloud platform for storage, queues, containers, databases and IAM.Open docs

AWS

S3 · SQS · ECS · RDS · IAM

Containers for reproducible local stacks and production images.Open docs

Docker

Local parity & builds

CI/CD workflows for build, test, deploy and smoke checks.Open docs

GitHub Actions

CI/CD & smoke tests

04Web & mobile

Product surfaces with the same rigor as the backend.

Library for building interactive user interfaces with components.Open docs

React

Component-driven UIs

React framework for apps, routing, SSR and backend routes.Open docs

Next.js

App & BFF surfaces

Build native iOS and Android apps with React.Open docs

React Native

Cross-platform mobile

Toolchain around React Native for builds, OTA and native modules.Open docs

Expo

RN delivery toolchain

Utility-first CSS framework for composing UI styles quickly.Open docs

Tailwind

Utility styling

Workshop for developing and documenting UI components in isolation.Open docs

Storybook

UI documentation

JavaScript testing framework for unit and integration tests.Open docs

Jest

Unit & integration

05Security & AI workflows

Auth patterns in production, and AI agents with human review.

OAuth 2.0 for delegated auth; JWTs for signed, portable claims.Open docs

OAuth2 / JWT

Auth & access control

Explicit request/response schemas, OpenAPI and idempotent writes.Open docs

API contracts

Schemas & idempotency

Spec-driven development with Cursor/Claude, where agents assist and humans review.Open docs

AI-assisted

Cursor · Spec-Driven · review