The tools we build on, and how we choose them
We don’t pick technology because it’s new. We pick it because we can still defend the choice in three years, and tell you when you don’t need it at all.
We don’t have a favourite stack. We have a way of choosing.
Boring is a compliment.
Proven-in-production beats new. Boring means the failure modes are known, and you can hire people who have already seen them.
The right tool is the one you can hire for.
A brilliant choice that only your current developer understands is a dependency, not a decision. We optimise for the team you can build.
Sometimes the answer is ‘you don’t need it’.
Half of a good technology call is not adding the thing. When the simpler path wins we will say so, even if it means less work for us.
Four decisions, in the order they matter
Databases
5 technologiesWhere your data lives, and the one decision that is hardest to undo.
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- Redis
- MariaDB
- SQL Server
Frameworks
10 technologiesThe scaffolding your application is built on.
- Laravel
- React
- Vue
- Node.js
- WordPress
Infrastructure
7 technologiesWhere it runs, and what keeps it running.
- AWS
- Docker
- Nginx
- Cloudflare
- Linux
Programming Languages
16 technologiesWhat it is written in, and why that outlives any framework.
- PHP
- TypeScript
- Python
- Go
- C#
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“I’ve put everything I know into how this company works — the standards, the method, the care on every project. It runs through the whole team, and I hold us all to it.”
Alexander De Sousa · Founder LinkedIn
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