Find your stage

Answer 3 quick questions to get a personalized tool stack recommendation. Takes 30 seconds.

Have you started building yet?

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Still exploring
I have ideas but haven't written code yet
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Actively building
I'm writing code and making progress
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Already live
My product is out in the world

Do you have users or customers?

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Not yet
Still building, no users signed up
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A few testers
Beta users or friends trying it out
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Paying customers
Real revenue coming in

How's your current tool situation?

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Starting fresh
Need guidance on what to use
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Have some tools
Looking to fill gaps or upgrade
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Too many tools
Overwhelmed, need to simplify
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Exploration Stage

You're Starting

You're in exploration mode, and that's perfect. You need tools to think, validate, and plan. Not to build (yet).

Figma iconNotion Claude iconFigma Claude logoClaude +3 more
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Shipping Stage

You're Building

Time to ship. You need a solid foundation, framework, database, hosting, and payments. Everything to go from code to customers.

Supabase iconNext.js Vercel iconSupabase Vercel logoVercel +3 more
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Scaling Stage

You're Growing

You have traction! Now you need to understand your users, catch issues early, and scale what's working.

Sentry iconPostHog Intercom iconSentry Intercom logoIntercom +3 more
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Clarity Stage

Time to Simplify

Tool overload is real. You need to audit, cut, and consolidate. Less tools, more focus, better results.

Linear iconNotion Zapier iconLinear Zapier logoZapier +3 more
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Where are you right now?

Read through each stage. One of these will feel like looking in a mirror.

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Starting Exploration

You have ideas to validate, problems to understand, and assumptions to test.

You might be here if…
  • You have 10 ideas and can't pick one
  • You're researching more than building
  • You feel excited but overwhelmed
⚠️ Common trap: Don't buy domains before validating ideas
🎯 Success feels like: You've picked one idea and feel clear about the first step
Move to Building when:
  • You've talked to 10+ potential users
  • You can describe the MVP in one sentence
  • You've validated people will pay (or at least sign up)
  • You're itching to code, not research
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Building Shipping

You're turning ideas into reality. Code is being written, features are shipping.

You might be here if…
  • You've committed to one idea and need to make it real
  • You're writing code but drowning in setup decisions
  • You want to ship but keep getting sidetracked by tool choices
⚠️ Common trap: Don't add analytics before you have users
🎯 Success feels like: Your product is live and someone other than you has used it
Move to Growing when:
  • You have real users (not just friends)
  • People are paying or showing strong intent
  • You need to understand user behavior
  • Support requests are becoming a thing
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Growing Scaling

You have traction. Now it's about understanding, optimizing, and scaling.

You might be here if…
  • You have users but don't know what they're doing
  • Bugs are reaching customers before you notice
  • You're spending more time on ops than product
⚠️ Common trap: Don't add tools to fix process problems
🎯 Success feels like: You make decisions based on data, not guesses
Consider Simplifying when:
  • Your tool stack has grown organically (chaos)
  • You're paying for overlapping features
  • Onboarding new team members is painful
  • You spend more time in tools than on work
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Simplifying Clarity

Step back, audit everything, cut ruthlessly, and regain focus.

You might be here if…
  • You have 15 subscriptions and use 5 of them
  • Context switching between tools is exhausting
  • You feel like your stack owns you, not the other way around
⚠️ Common trap: Don't cut tools your team actually depends on
🎯 Success feels like: Every tool earns its place and nothing feels redundant
You've succeeded when:
  • Every tool has a clear, singular purpose
  • New team members can onboard in a day
  • Your monthly SaaS bill makes sense
  • You feel calm, not overwhelmed

Already know your stage?

Jump straight to your stack.

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Starting

Explore & validate
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Building

Ship your MVP
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Growing

Scale what works
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Simplifying

Cut the clutter