Every side project I started had the same problem. Not the code, not the design, not even the idea. It was always the same thing: what stack should I use?
I would open YouTube and watch three videos. Then read a Reddit thread where everyone disagreed. Then ask a friend who just told me to use whatever they were using. Two hours later I still had an empty code editor and no stack picked.
So I did what any CS student would do when something annoys them enough. I built a thing to fix it.
Tech Stack Picker asks you 6 questions about your project and gives you a full recommendation. Frontend, backend, database, auth and hosting. With a short reason for each pick so you actually understand why and not just what.
The questions are simple. What are you building. How big is your team. How much experience do you have. Do you care more about shipping fast or scaling big. Do you need a database. What is your hosting budget.
That is it. 60 seconds and you have a stack.
I built it over a weekend using React and deployed it on Vercel. Nothing crazy. But it solved a real problem I had and apparently a lot of other people have too because it got way more traction than I expected after sharing it on Product Hunt and Hacker News.
If you are stuck on this same decision give it a try at techstackpicker.vercel.app and let me know in the comments if the recommendation matches what you wouldve picked yourself. Always looking for feedback on what stacks to add next.
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