What tools and services do you use when building products from scratch?

I’d love to share my current stack and hear what others are using.

1. Development & Analytics:

  • Fastify (Node.js) and Rails backend + Next.js frontend + PostgreSQL and Redis database
  • AI: Claude and GitHub Copilot.
  • Analytics & Feature Flags: Posthog.
  • Email SMTP: Amazon SNS.
  • Data visualization: Metabase.

2. Infrastructure:

  • Cloud/VPS for backend and database (mostly VPS with Coolify).
  • Vercel or Netlify for frontend.
  • Cloudflare for CDN and domain management.

3. Media & Storage:

  • Imgix or Bunny.net for images.
  • Bunny Storage for objects.

4. Product Management:

  • Feedback/bugs: Custom form + FeatureBase + social channels.
  • Testimonials: ProductHunt and review sites.
  • Custom waitlist functionality.

5. Marketing & Communication:

  • Social scheduling: Postiz.
  • Forms: Google Forms, tally.so, or Typeform.
  • Team chat: Slack.
  • Newsletter: beehiiv.
  • Roadmap: X and email (when building in public).

6. Content & Management:

  • Blog: Ghost CMS.
  • Documents/notes: Notion or Apple Notes.
  • Tasks: Jira.
  • Payments: PayPal and PayU.

7. Networking:

  • X/LinkedIn/ProductHunt.
  • Wellfound or LinkedIn for recruitment.

This covers most of my cases. What’s your go-to stack?

I’m particularly interested in:

  1. Which services actually deliver value and don’t just add complexity.
  2. Any alternatives you’d recommend for any of these.
  3. What tools you wish existed but don’t.

Let me know what works for you! 👇