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How we choose technology
Technology choices outlive the first release by many years. We recommend a stack based on what the product needs, the skills of your team, how easy it will be to hire for, the ecosystem of libraries and integrations, and the total cost of hosting and maintenance — not on what is fashionable this year.
- Mature and actively maintained, with long-term support releases
- A large talent pool in the US and worldwide
- Strong libraries for your integrations and features
- Hosting options that fit your budget and compliance needs
- Familiar to your in-house team, where you have one
Our core stack at a glance
Find the right part of the stack
| Question you are asking | Where to look |
|---|---|
| Which framework should power our web or app interface? | Frontend technologies |
| Which language should run our APIs and business logic? | Backend technologies |
| How should editors manage website content? | CMS platforms |
| Which database, analytics or AI tools fit our data? | Data & AI technologies |
| How do we pick a complete stack for a new product? | Our guide to choosing a tech stack |
Our principles for technology choices
- Proven over fashionable — we choose tools with long-term support, strong communities and a healthy hiring market.
- Your team matters — if you will maintain the system yourselves, we build in technologies your developers know or can learn quickly.
- No lock-in by accident — infrastructure lives in your cloud accounts, code in your repositories, and data in formats you can export.
- Simple first — one well-structured application and one primary database until real needs justify more.
- Documented decisions — significant choices are recorded with the reasons, so future teams understand why.
Already committed to a stack? We work inside existing codebases regularly, starting with a short review of architecture, tests and deployment. You can also hire developers in your stack to extend your own team.
Frequently combined stacks
| Combination | Typical use |
|---|---|
| Next.js + Node.js + PostgreSQL | SaaS products and startups wanting one language end to end |
| Laravel + Vue or React + MySQL | Business applications, portals and marketplaces |
| Python + React + PostgreSQL | AI and data-heavy products |
| .NET + Angular + SQL Server | Enterprise and Microsoft-centric organisations |
| WordPress or Strapi + Next.js | Content-led marketing sites with headless front ends |
These are starting points, not rules. The right combination depends on your requirements, existing systems and team.
Working inside your existing codebase
When we join an existing project, the first two weeks focus on understanding before changing: running the system locally, reading the architecture and deployment setup, reviewing test coverage and identifying the riskiest areas. We then agree conventions with your team — branching, code review, release process — and follow them, rather than introducing our own preferences. Improvements to tooling or structure are proposed with clear reasons and introduced gradually.
How to brief us on a technology question
Whether you need a second opinion on a stack, help inside an existing codebase or engineers for a specific framework, a short brief gets you a faster and more useful answer. Helpful details include:
- The current stack, versions and hosting
- What is working well and what is painful today
- Team size and skills, and who will maintain the software
- Constraints such as compliance, budget or deadlines
- Access to the repository or architecture notes if available
Send this through our contact page and a senior engineer will reply, not a salesperson. If a code review is useful, we can start with a short paid audit and a written report.
How we keep stacks current
Frameworks and languages move quickly. For the software we maintain, we track end-of-support dates, apply security patches on a regular schedule and plan major upgrades — such as a new Node.js LTS, PHP or .NET version — well before older versions lose support. Small, regular upgrades are cheaper and safer than large jumps every few years, and automated tests make them routine rather than risky.
Already have a stack?
We work inside existing stacks every day. If your product is built on a technology we support, we join your codebase and conventions. If you need extra engineers rather than a project team, see hire developers.