Tech Stack Picker 2025 — The Hustler Dev Edition

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Last updated: November 10, 2025 • Reading time: 5 min

Rule #1: Pick the stack that lets you ship to 1M users the fastest — NOT the one with the most GitHub stars.

1. What Are You Building? (Answer first → stack follows)

Project Type	Recommended Stack (2025)	Time to MVP	Year-1 Cost	Best For
SaaS / Web App	Next.js 15 + tRPC + Drizzle + PostgreSQL + Vercel	3–7 days	$0–$120	95% of startups
AI Product / Agent	Python + FastAPI + LangChain + Modal/RunPod	2–5 days	$50–$500	LLM wrappers
Mobile App	Flutter 3.24 + Riverpod + Supabase	10–14 days	$25–$200	Cross-platform
E-commerce / Heavy SEO	Next.js 15 App Router + Shopify Hydrogen fallback	5–10 days	$29–$300	Content + sales
Enterprise / Bank	Java 21 + Spring Boot 6 + Kotlin + Angular 19 + Kubernetes	3–6 months	$50k+	Compliance & big teams
Real-time / Gaming	Rust + Axum + WebSocket + Fly.io	7–21 days	$100–$800	Low latency
No-code MVP	FlutterFlow + Supabase + Stripe	1–3 days	$0–$99	Idea validation

2. 60-Second Flowchart

Start → Is it a website? ├─ Yes → Next.js 15 + Tailwind + Shadcn/ui → DONE └─ No → Talks to AI? ├─ Yes → Python + FastAPI + LangChain → DONE └─ No → Mobile? ├─ Yes → Flutter (or SwiftUI if Apple-only) └─ No → Need <10ms latency? ├─ Yes → Rust or Go └─ No → Enterprise? → Java Spring + Angular └─ Anything else? → You're overthinking. Use Next.js.

3. Golden Rules (Never break these in 2025)

TypeScript everywhere — except AI scripts or Rust
PostgreSQL 17 default DB (Supabase/Neon)
Vercel / Cloudflare = 30-second deploys
Drizzle ORM > Prisma (faster, zero runtime bugs)
tRPC for monorepos, simple fetch for everything else
Never use Redux — use Zustand / Jotai / TanStack Query
Cursor + Claude Code = your new IDE (Copilot is legacy)

4. Salary Multiplier Matrix (What to learn for $200k+ TC)

Combo	Avg Total Comp (2025)	Demand
Next.js 15 + tRPC + Drizzle + Vercel	$180k–$350k	🔥🔥🔥
Rust + Axum + Tauri	$220k–$450k	🔥🔥🔥
Python + LangChain + Modal	$200k–$400k	🔥🔥🔥
Go + Kubernetes + OpenTelemetry	$190k–$380k	🔥🔥
Flutter + RevenueCat + Supabase	$170k–$300k	🔥

5. One-Week Learning Paths (Ship MVP in 7 days)

Path A – Next.js Full-Stack (most lucrative)

Day 1–2 → Next.js 15 App Router + React 19
Day 3–4 → tRPC + Drizzle + PostgreSQL (Neon)
Day 5 → Tailwind + Shadcn/ui + Clerk Auth
Day 6 → Vercel + GitHub Actions + CI
Day 7 → Ship MVP → charge $5k–$20k

Path B – AI Agent

Day 1–3 → Python + FastAPI + LangChain
Day 4–5 → Modal.com or RunPod + Llama 3.2
Day 6–7 → Frontend in v0.dev → launch → $10k MRR

6. Daily Tools (No BS, I actually use these)

Editor → Cursor + Claude Code (AI)
Terminal → Warp
Database → Neon / Supabase
Auth → Clerk (or Auth.js v5)
Forms → React Hook Form + Zod
Deploy → Vercel → Cloudflare → Fly.io
Monitoring → Sentry + OpenTelemetry + Grafana

You now have the exact playbook I use with $1M+ startups.

The stack doesn't matter.
Shipping does.

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Last updated: November 10, 2025
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