Find Your Stage. Tool Stack Quiz

Take the quiz to find the right tool stack for where you are right now. Plus, learn when it's time to level up.

Find your stage

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

Have you started building yet?

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

Do you have users or customers?

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

How's your current tool situation?

🆕
Starting fresh
Need guidance on what to use
🔧
Have some tools
Looking to fill gaps or upgrade
🤯
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
🔨
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
📈
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
✨
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

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
↓
🔨

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
↓
📈

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
↓
✨

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
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