Best Tech Stack for MVPs in 2025: De-Risk Your Choices
Choose a stack that ships fast and scales: frontend, backend, database, and hosting options founders should pick in 2025—with trade-offs and defaults.
Stack choices can de-risk delivery and maintenance. In 2025, proven defaults beat novelty.
Recommended Defaults
- Frontend: React/Next or Astro for content-heavy
- Backend: Node APIs or serverless functions
- Database: PostgreSQL (with Prisma/Drizzle)
- Hosting: Cloudflare/Vercel
See also: /blog/choosing-tech-stack and /blog/web-development-trends-2025
Decision Criteria
- Team familiarity > theoretical performance
- Ecosystem maturity and docs
- Integration availability
- Observability and error handling out of the box
Anti-Patterns
- New/obscure stacks for mission-critical MVPs
- Overly complex microservices at v0
- Premature multi-cloud
Security and Privacy Basics
- Role-based access, audit logs, minimal scopes
- Store only what you need; encrypt secrets properly
Pick boring, proven tools—and move.