IQAAN Tools — Advisor
Tech Stack Advisor
Answer six questions — product, scale, deadline, team, SEO, budget — and get a recommended stack with honest reasoning and an alternative.
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What are you building?
The shape of the product narrows the field first.
About this tool
Answer six questions — product, scale, deadline, team, SEO, budget — and get a recommended stack with honest reasoning and an alternative.
Choosing a stack is where most software projects quietly go wrong — not because anyone picked a bad technology, but because they picked a technology foreign to the people who must ship it. This advisor walks six questions, one at a time, and scores your answers against six curated, boring-in-the-good-way stacks: Next.js + Postgres, Django, Laravel, Rails, React Native + Node, and Flutter + Firebase.
The result is an editorial card, not a wall of logos: frontend, backend, database, and hosting rows, each with a one-line reason; two or three bullets on why the choice fits your specific answers; and — because no recommendation is universal — an honest note about when to prefer the runner-up instead. Mobile projects are scored strictly between React Native and Flutter by team background, and AI products lean Python by design.
The whole questionnaire runs in your browser — no account, no tracking, no email gate. Keyboard players can fly through it with number keys and arrows.
Frequently asked questions
How does the advisor choose a stack?
Each answer adds points to the stacks it suits, across six dimensions: what you are building, expected scale, time to market, team background, SEO criticality, and budget posture. The highest total wins; the scoring matrix is a documented model, not a vibe. Mobile projects are deliberately shortlisted to React Native vs Flutter, decided by your team’s background.
Why does team background matter so much?
Because stacks are hiring and velocity decisions in disguise. A JavaScript team ships faster on Next.js or React Native; a Python team should rarely be talked out of Django; a PHP team already owns half of Laravel’s mental model. The best stack is overwhelmingly the one your people can drive hard.
Which stacks can it recommend?
Six curated options: Next.js + Postgres, Django + Postgres, Laravel + MySQL, Rails + Postgres, React Native + Node, and Flutter + Firebase. Deliberately mainstream choices with large talent pools and a decade of answers — exotic stacks make poor defaults.
Is the recommendation binding?
No — treat it as a strong default and a conversation starter. Every result card includes an honest alternative note describing when the runner-up is the better call. IQAAN validates stack fit against your actual requirements before anything is built.
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