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The minimal Next.js stack we recommend.
Next.js 16, TypeScript, Tailwind, Resend. That's it. Anything more is premature in v1.
Overview
Adding tools is easy; removing them is hard. Start narrow. The minimal stack we recommend gets you to a real, deployed, SEO-ready website with the fewest moving parts.
The stack
• Next.js 16 (App Router).
• TypeScript (strict).
• Tailwind CSS 4.
• Resend for transactional email.
• Vercel for hosting.
• Namecheap for DNS.
What we don't add yet
• Database (no Postgres, no Supabase, no Neon) — only when you have stateful data.
• Auth (no Clerk, no Auth.js) — only when users log in.
• Analytics (no Plausible, no Vercel Analytics) — until you have audience signal worth measuring.
• UI library — Tailwind utilities + small custom CSS are enough for v1.
When to add things
Each addition gets the same test: does this solve a problem I have today, or one I might have in a quarter? If the latter, defer.
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