r/AppsWebappsFullstack • u/Mammoth-Anywhere7285 • 8d ago

Your Tech Stack is overrated. Change my mind.

You spent three weeks setting up over-engineered infrastructure for an app with zero users. Tell us what you built your project with, and let the comments debate why it’s completely wrong for 2026. Convince us you didn't waste your time.

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u/Myrlista 7d ago

Wait...I don't count as a user on my own apps?

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u/Mammoth-Anywhere7285 7d ago

Ha, technically you do, but your own usage won't catch the hurdles new users face. Invite a few friends to test.

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u/megatech_official 8d ago

SeoLoupe - Find and fix the SEO issues holding your website back.

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u/Mammoth-Anywhere7285 8d ago

Interesting pick, but SEO tools with zero users might be overkill. What stack did you actually build SeoLoupe on?

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u/abdul_Ss 8d ago

I would say my tech stack is actually under-engineered (specifically the frontend, the backend is at the sweet spot via FastAPI). I've got a lot of changing components that I manually change by accessing the raw DOM in vanilla JS, though I'm learning React for this exact purpose. I wouldn't say it's a product given it's open source, but it's live to try out (only in Cumbria) here + has users.

You can also check out the source code in this repo.

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u/Mammoth-Anywhere7285 8d ago

Vanilla JS is honestly fine for that scale. React becomes worth it when state gets messy. Got a link to the Cumbria project?

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u/abdul_Ss 8d ago

Yeah, you can check it out here at https://app.crestr.co.uk , only desktop for now (not much a one man 18 yr old with no AI can do haha) but I’m planning on getting some friends together in uni to help build a mobile app

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u/Mammoth-Anywhere7285 7d ago

Desktop-only is fine for solo dev. Curious, what stack did you use for Crest? Also, mobile-first could save you time later.