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Shipping beats perfection.

Kathmandu, Nepal — Remote worldwide
STACK — TOOLBOX

Stack I bet on.

Not a tutorial list — a production bet. 76 tools across 9 categories, chosen because they ship, scale, and let one person own the full loop.

9 categories • 76 tools Also at /uses →

Frontend

12 tools
Why I bet on this

Astro for content, Next.js for app. Astro ships 0 JS by default — faster for marketing/blog + islands for interactivity. Tailwind for system, not utility soup.

React Next.js Astro TypeScript JavaScript Tailwind CSS HTML5 CSS3 Vite Framer Motion Radix UI shadcn/ui

Mobile

08 tools
Why I bet on this

React Native for UI velocity, Kotlin for enforcement. Expo for dev, bare for Store. UsageStatsManager + AccessibilityService fallback.

React Native Kotlin Android SDK Expo Gradle Jetpack Compose Play Store Release Accessibility Services

Backend & Database

08 tools
Why I bet on this

Supabase = Postgres + Auth + Edge Functions + RLS in one. Boring infra so product can be interesting.

Supabase Node.js PostgreSQL MongoDB Prisma REST APIs Edge Functions Row Level Security

State & Data

08 tools
Why I bet on this

Zustand for local, React Query for server. Zod + React Hook Form for type-safe forms.

Redux Toolkit RTK Query React Query Zustand SWR Jotai React Hook Form Zod

Security

08 tools
Why I bet on this

Web Crypto for zero-knowledge (CipherOnce). CSP + RLS by default. Security is architecture.

Web Crypto API AES-256-GCM Zero-Knowledge Architecture E2E Encryption OWASP JWT OAuth 2.0 Content Security Policy

DevOps & Tooling

08 tools
Why I bet on this

Vercel/Cloudflare for deploys, GitHub Actions CI, Playwright for critical flows. Ship daily.

Git GitHub Actions CI/CD Vercel Docker Linux Playwright ESLint / Prettier

Design & UX

08 tools
Why I bet on this

Figma → design system → shadcn/ui + Radix. WCAG AA, motion respects prefers-reduced-motion.

Figma Design Systems Responsive Design Accessibility (WCAG) Prototyping Storybook Tailwind Architecture Motion Design

Engineering Practices

08 tools
Why I bet on this

Vitest/Jest, Playwright, ESLint custom plugin. Docs live with code.

Testing (Jest / Vitest) QA Automation Code Review Agile / Scrum Technical Writing Performance Tuning Monitoring Documentation

AI & Automation

08 tools
Why I bet on this

OpenAI API + Edge AI for assist, not autopilot. Automation for boring work, humans for creative.

OpenAI API AI-assisted Development Prompt Engineering Automation LLM Integration Vector Search Edge AI Workflow Automation
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