The architecture behind a one-person tech startup
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HN comment orderMy one-man-SaaS setup: - Static frontend hosted on Netlify (free unlimited scale) - Backend server on Google App Engine (connecting to Gcloud storage and managed DB via magic) I realize I'm opening myself up to vendor lock-in and increased costs down the road (if I even get that far), but I've wrangled enough Docker/k8s/Ingress setups in the past to know it's just not worth the time and effort for a non-master.
Small secret: The best tech stack when starting a startup is one you don't have to learn. There's a million things you learn when starting a company. Don't make yourself learn an entirely new tech stack on top of everything else. This advice means you'll be using whatever you've used in the past which might not be the sexiest or newest technology, but your users won't care. Your users want a working product. Choose the stack that will result in…
It's really impressive what a team of one experienced developer managed to deliver.
I am curious what is your setup? Here is the previous discussion on this on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26737771
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-08 | The architecture behind a one-person tech startupFirst breakout · Best thread | ksahin | 1330 | 320 |
| 2022-10-15 | The Architecture Behind a One-Person Tech Startup | scottydelta | 2 | 1 |
| 2023-03-04 | The Architecture Behind a One-Person Tech Startup | daniel_iversen | 2 | 0 |
| 2023-11-07 | The Architecture Behind a One-Person Tech Startup | thunderbong | 3 | 0 |
| 2023-11-12 | The Architecture Behind a One-Person Tech Startup | alexzeitler | 4 | 0 |
| 2023-11-13 | The Architecture Behind a One-Person Tech Startup | gjvc | 3 | 0 |
| 2023-11-14 | The Architecture Behind A One-Person Tech Startup | dondraper36 | 4 | 2 |
| 2024-06-09 | The Architecture Behind a One-Person Tech Startup (21) | jaynpatel | 3 | 0 |
| 2024-06-16 | The Architecture Behind a One-Person Tech Startup (2021)Hall induction · Latest 20+ point return | thunderbong | 234 | 78 |