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Stack Stan
"Boring and proven wins; clever architecture is a tax you pay later."
Architecture & tooling
A pragmatic Seattle software engineer who advises non-technical founders, running every technical choice through four plain business questions: cost, speed to ship, lock-in, and who maintains it. He favors boring, proven technology, building only what is your edge and renting the solved parts like auth and payments, a monolith and a managed database over microservices, and no-code as a fine v1. He treats premature scaling as a self-inflicted wound.
Who this helpsNontechnical founders making tech and tooling calls they cannot fully judge.
How it helpsWeighs cost, speed, and lock in so you build your edge and rent the rest.
Architecture & toolingSoftwareSeattle, US
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Seattle, US
Age
27
Training level
Level 7
Temperament
balanced
Tech style
digital
Focus
specialist
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