Starting errors started before launching

Behind every digital product – whether it’s a mobile app, web platform or sauce tool – is a foundation for tools and technologies that determine how it was built, how it is scales and how it survives. This combination is known as Technology Stack: Programming Languages, Framework, Infrastructure, Database and more.

It is not exaggerated to say that the choice of tech stack is as critical as the product ideas. It doesn’t matter how modern the concept is, poor technical enforcement can quietly – and quickly – can eliminate it.

The non-technical founders may feel like a black box-some giant team only “handles.” But here’s the net: the initial choices often look fine. Then months later, you realize that you have made something delicate – a product that is difficult to measure, it is expensive to maintain, and it is almost impossible to upgrade everything without breaking.

Founders often make preliminary tech decisions, on the basis of which they feel the most practical. And in the short term, it works. But the actual risk appears later: When the product cannot measure, breaks under pressure or becomes very expensive to maintain.

There are four common nets that I see in the founders – and how to avoid them before you slow down.

The clock is ticking

We have saved about one -third of the product dealing with stack -related issues, and the next issue of propaganda startup is not exempt.

This startup chose Zing for its basic logic and Zamarin for its mobile app. The rust, while the powerful and high performance, is not appropriate for a product that requires rapid repetition and flexibility. In the meantime, Zamarin was closed in 2023, meaning that the app was primarily old before launching.

What is worse is that architecture relied on heavy client side processing instead of server side logic, which in turn faces major obstacles. Performance decreased, data was scattered into devices and the system began to be separated.

Their options? Reconstruct the system fully – or regenerate with a different stack. Both expensive painful.

How bad stacks appear

When the stack -related problems appear, the damage has often spread to other parts of the business. Here seems to be:

• It is difficult to attract and maintain skills. There are very few developers using this old/rare language or framework. Another option – they are either ineligible or cost more services due to lack of skilled experts in the market.
• There is no scope for the beginning of the future. One day, you will know that the tech stack you use to make the minimal actable product (MVP) or prototypes is inappropriate to suddenly add new utility, increase users or handle server loads.
• You are patching holes instead of a building. Although you are setting insects and temporary solutions due to poor documents or lack of community support, you are not investing in new features. This directly affects the market from your time and provides rivals head start.

Related: You can release maximum performance and make it a job smooth your process

4 to avoid stack traps

Often, stack decisions are made for short-term reasons-lag, speed and convenience. But the real risk is long -term: scaleburstity, retention and lack of flexibility. These are the four most common samples I see that the founders decrease:

1. Choosing more familiar than skills

Many founding friends, former colleagues or most of the most “comfortable” team are already scheduled – even if they are not experts in tech, their products really need.

Result? Old or inappropriate tools are used because “That’s what we know.” When things start to break, it is difficult to correct personal relationships. Loyalty should be no more than a good decision.

2. Chasing trends without understanding

Just because a language or framework is modern, it does not mean that it is right for your product. Some technologies increase popularity, but a strong ecosystem or lack of long -term support.

When the hype -driven choices meet the complexity of the real world, things are separated. And if your basic developers go away, finding changes becomes a rotation – or worse, impossible.

3. Engineering or cutting more than too much corner

Founders are usually afraid of a lot of fear but ignore the other. At one end: MVPs simultaneously do not measure. On the other hand: Excessive complex architecture (such as microsaries for a simple app) that waste time and money.

In any way, you end up with a tech loan that extracts resources or forcing full construction – both of them are able to avoid better planning.

4. Budget let your stack order

The start of the early stages naturally see every dollar. But choosing the “cheapest” route-code tools, nine code platform, or faulty shopkeepers-often costs more.

Some giant shops do not do specific technologies because they are fine for your product, but because there are useless teams waiting for their use. This misunderstanding slows down growth, which increases technical loans and easily breakdown systems.

Related: Why should your business make its tech stack easy and stable

The last words

If you have a high stake at the beginning – whether it be investors promises, aggressive scaling plans or a complex product roadmap – guess. I always recommend consulting an experienced Chief Technical Officer (CTO) or technical advisers before making non -refundable decisions. In technology, as in business, starting a track of the beginning is the success of success.