Vibe Coding Stack
50 tools across 9 categories. AI, frameworks, infra, databases, observability, and productivity.
AI Coding
Claude Code
Primary AI pair programmer. Terminal-first, agentic.
Cursor
AI-powered VS Code fork. Tab completion, composer.
Windsurf
AI IDE with Cascade flows. Good for exploring codebases.
V0 by Vercel
Generate React/Next.js UI from prompts.
21st.dev
MCP for component generation. Quick UI scaffolding.
Languages
Golang
Primary backend language. Fast, concurrent, reliable.
Node.js
JavaScript runtime. Powers many of my services.
Python + Flask
Scripting, AI integrations, CoinSwitch backend.
PHP + Laravel
Aspire monolith. Legacy but gets the job done.
C++
Competitive programming. DSA foundation.
Frameworks & Frontend
Next.js
Go-to for production React apps. SSR, full stack.
Astro
This site. Zero JS by default, content-first.
React
The UI library. Component model that changed frontend.
Tailwind CSS
Utility-first. Once you go Tailwind, never go back.
Framer Motion
React animations. Powers effects on this site.
Backend & Infra
Spring Boot
Java enterprise framework. Daily driver at Omio.
Docker
Container everything. Compose local, K8s for prod.
Kubernetes
Container orchestration. EKS at CoinSwitch, GKE at Omio.
Terraform
Infrastructure as code. Declarative cloud provisioning.
NATS
Message queue. Lightweight pub/sub for microservices.
Databases & Storage
PostgreSQL
Primary relational DB. Reggit, Aspire, CoinSwitch.
Redis
Streams, ZSET, caching, rate limiting. Used everywhere.
MongoDB
Omio data-matching-service. Flexible document store.
ClickHouse
Columnar analytics DB. Fast aggregation queries.
Couchbase
Omio connect-search-service. Distributed NoSQL.
Elasticsearch
Full-text search and analytics. Lucene under the hood.
Cloud & DevOps
GCP
Omio — Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, Lucene.
AWS
CoinSwitch — Lambda, SQS, EKS, S3.
Vercel
Deploy Next.js in seconds. Preview deployments.
Netlify
Deploy static sites. Great DX and forms.
GitHub Actions
CI/CD that lives where your code does.
DigitalOcean
Simple cloud. Droplets, managed DBs.
Cloudflare
CDN, DNS, Workers. The internet's firewall.
Hostinger
Affordable hosting for side projects.
Observability & Analytics
Prometheus
First integration at CoinSwitch. Metrics collection.
Thanos
Long-term Prometheus storage. Scalable metrics.
New Relic
APM and tracing. Migrated away at CoinSwitch.
Datadog
Infrastructure monitoring and APM.
Sentry
Error tracking. Catch production bugs instantly.
PostHog
Product analytics. Open-source, self-hostable.
Hotjar
Heatmaps and session recordings. UX insights.
Redash
SQL-based dashboards and data visualization.
MCPs & Payments
Jira MCP
Automate tickets and station processing.
GitHub MCP
PR creation, code search from Claude.
Stripe
Payment processing. Industry standard.
Dodo Payments
Payments for side projects. Clean API.
Terminal & Productivity
Warp
Modern terminal with AI. Blocks, workflows.
Raycast
Spotlight replacement. Launcher, snippets, AI.
Arc Browser
Chromium browser reimagined. Spaces, boosts.
Figma
Design tool. Quick mockups before coding.