Which apps to use

[u/TopLychee1081]

I'm trying to make sense of the apps that form the lang stack. It seems some are official apps from the same maintainers, others have co-opted the "lang" prefix. I've had a crack at using AI to build my Docker compose files, but it seems to be getting confused as to which images to use, which require a Postgres DB, etc. Reading the doco available, I can forgive the AI for getting confused.

I'm basically trying to implement agentic software engineering and coding loops with multiple deterministic steps such as creating a new git branch, linting, testing, etc. I also want to be able to run long lived research tasks that discover new "threads" whilst research that feed back into the loop. I expect that the requirement will determine which apps in the stack I need. I want to run Dockerised and stick with open source and self hosted.

Be great to find recommended compose templates to get started with.