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Tool for choosing a tech stack

I've been collecting a list of products, services or useful github projects that I find from day to day, since I can imagine them being useful for a project, either in work or otherwise.

I've been thinking about categorising the list and adding metadata and sharing it.

Leading on from this, I can picture a tool for people to get suggestions on what to use for their next product with filters such as "can you code", "small/no budget" and "I want to send texts" or "I need to authenticate users".

Would anyone find that useful?

on February 11, 2020
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    I doubt that somebody here would say otherwise :)

    Sounds cool. It should give you the oportunity to select what you already know (languages, paradigms) and then suggest something closer to your skills .

    If you are non-develop - then easy to use visual tools to build the app/site

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      Thanks. I'll have to think what the paradigms and filters might be at first, try and keep it simple

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      Building on this, should provide resources such as tutorials as well.

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        I love this idea, could really help at a glance see how a tool could be used. Thanks!

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    What would be the criteria to select? Everybody wants it most cheap, stable, popular etc.
    For what types of systems: CRM, Accounting, ERP, Mobile...?
    For which domains: e-commerce, telco, banking...?
    This all will define who and how can potentially use it.

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      Good questions. I'm thinking mainly of what I know, so web applications, APIs, mostly for early stage or small/medium projects. "What I know" leaves a lot to be defined. Need to think a bit more on that. Thanks!

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    I would niche down to start, cause I think your tool sounds almost too broad to be useful. A comparison of different text sending services/ user auth services would be more useful to me (and probably more SEOable) than a super generic tool that's targeting devs and non-devs. Good luck with it!

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      Thanks for the idea. I'm not sure yet how much of a comparison I'd do or how much detail. I guess a niche would allow me to spend a bit more time on each tool for a bit of depth.