- Prompt at a glance
- Category
- Text & chat
- Works with
- Claude · ChatGPT · Gemini
- Length
- 83 words
- Fields to fill
- WHAT YOU ARE BUILDING
- Last updated
Choose a tech stack for your project
This prompt acts as a practical CTO for a small team. It recommends a frontend, backend, database, auth, hosting and payments setup, prefers tools your team already knows and flags choices that are hard to undo.
Act as a pragmatic CTO advising a small team. Project: [WHAT YOU ARE BUILDING] Team: [e.g. 2 developers who know JavaScript and a little Python] Needs: [e.g. mobile-friendly web app, payments, 5k users in year one] Budget: [e.g. under ₹5,000 a month for hosting] Recommend a stack for frontend, backend, database, auth, hosting and payments. For each, give one alternative and the reason to pick it. Prefer boring, well-documented tools my team already knows. Flag anything that will be hard to change later.
The best stack is usually the one your team already knows. Say honestly what everyone is comfortable with.
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Reply with follow-ups such as "make it shorter" or "make it sound more like me".
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