Your Tech Stack, Your Story: Share Your Favorite Tools

Can we talk about tech stacks for a second?

Look, I get it. Every day there's some new AI-powered tool promising to let anyone build an app in 5 minutes without writing a single line of code. And honestly? That's pretty cool.

But here's the thing – underneath all that "vibe coding" magic, there's still a real tech stack doing the heavy lifting that will one day need to be maintained and, if things go well, will need to be scaled. And if you've been in this game long enough, you probably have strong feelings about your own tech stack.

Maybe you're team MERN. Maybe you swear by Python and FastAPI. Heck, maybe you're still rocking LAMP and completely unapologetic about it (respect, by the way).

At Lucus Labs, we try not to get religious about our stack. Sure, we all have our favorites, but we've learned the hard way that the "best tool for the job" isn't just about what's trendy or what we already know. It's about:

- How fast can new people get up to speed?
- What's the maintenance going to look like in 6 months? A year?
- Are we creating technical debt we'll regret later?
- Does it protect our intellectual property?

Sometimes the "boring" choice is actually the smart one.

For on-premise applications, I personally like C++ as my programming language of choice, along with MariaDB or PostgreSQL depending on the app and customer requirements. (Replace MariaDB and PostgreSQL with MS SQL Server for you Microsoft shops out there.)

For web/SaaS applications, I'm all about Node.js and Express with MongoDB, InfluxDB, and PostgreSQL. And, no, I don't use React - fight me on that one.

For AI/ML work, Python with FastAPI is my go-to for HTTP endpoints. Sometimes I'll throw Apache in front of my web apps, other times it's Nginx – depends on what the project needs.

And of course, there are all the other parts of the stack that bring everything together: Redis for caching, Docker for containerization, and the list goes on.

Yeah, I know - I'm all over the place when it comes to my personal preferences.

So here's my question for you: What's your go-to tech stack, and why? What makes you choose one over another when starting a new project?

Drop your stack in the comments – no judgment zone here. Whether you're a solo founder building your first MVP or leading a team of 100, I'd love to hear what's working for you.

And if you're stuck trying to figure out what tech stack makes sense for your business, hit me up – let's talk through it.

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