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Tech Stack

The default kit I ship with, and the few places a product needs something else.

Most of the work is the same shape: a Next.js app, live data, auth, an AI surface, and a Vercel deploy. I keep that kit small on purpose. Complexity only earns its place when the product needs it.

The default

Trip Timelines, What To Get Me, ScratchLists, and SkyDunes all sit on that pattern. This site keeps the writing in git and uses Convex only for live bits — reactions now, files later if a post needs them.

Where it changes

  • Postgres and Prisma on Local Community Hub, where communities, imports, and admin tools want a relational schema.
  • WorkOS on ExplainBack, because learners, guardians, and organisations are not a single Clerk user.
  • Polar for ExplainBack billing; Stripe for Local Community Hub credits and setup fees.
  • Expo when there is a phone app — What To Get Me and ScratchLists.
  • vgpu and WebGPU for the T on this homepage. Fancy lighting is not a product requirement everywhere.

I would rather repeat a boring stack than invent a new one for each idea.

Across the products

Distinctive choices from the project writeups — not every shared default.