My tech stack

Will Viles
Will Viles
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After many years of designing, developing, and shipping digital products across agencies, startups and scaleups, I've refined an AI-first stack that enables moving fast with both creativity & accuracy.

Development

  • fx + ▲ AI Gateway models to build at speed

  • TypeScript + Node.js for most things

  • PNPM + Turborepo for manageable monorepos

  • React + Next.js for building web apps

  • Zod + tRPC for end-to-end type-safety

  • Tailwind + Shadcn for design productivity

  • Vercel for shipping fast & doing as little devops as possible

  • PostgreSQL + Neon for serverless DB

  • Resend + React Email for outreach at scale

  • PayloadCMS for powerful content editing

  • Github for committing & pushing every line of code

Design & Content

  • Figma + Photoshop for design

  • Descript for transcribed videos & podcasts

  • Gemini + Higgsfield AI for generative fun

Productivity

  • Linear for organising tasks, projects & agentic planning

  • Notion for powering my entire life

  • ChatGPT for life coaching & ideation

  • Slack for team comms (with a strong emoji game)