Stack

Stack

Tools I use and recommend for building products and running my business.

Frontend

Next.js 16

React framework for production apps

React 19

UI library

Tailwind v4

Utility-first CSS framework

shadcn/ui

Component library

Backend

Vercel

Hosting and deployment

Neon

Postgres database with vector search

Upstash

Redis for rate limiting

Turnstile

Cloudflare's CAPTCHA alternative

Resend

Transactional email

Creem

Payment processing for digital products

Versioning

GitHub

Version control & collaboration

cb32f10feat(system+newsletter): shared FadeImage, nav slim-down, system polish2h ago
8b808d7fix(newsletter): light-mode glitch + DialKit panels + issue-preview b…7h ago
3312125docs: log radio deploy author-email fix (2026-06-02 addendum)13h ago
66ab40cci(tokens): use matt@mattdowney.com as sync commit author13h ago
d269b00docs: log 2026-06-02 session (/newsletter reframe, SEO/AEO, radio tok…13h ago

AI

Claude

AI assistant powering MattGPT

Vercel AI SDK

Streaming AI responses

assistant-ui

Chat UI components

Sonar

Perplexity's model for article summaries

Newsletter

Beehiiv

How I send the Digital Native newsletter

Design

Figma

Design (Rarely used, more often jumping into code)

Finance

Wealthfront

Automated investing

Mercury

Best business banking I've ever used

Kick

Bookkeeping on auto-pilot

Productivity

Radio MD

My streaming music station

Screen Studio

Record engaging videos

Typefully

Post content to socials

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