# My tech stack

> The tools and technologies I use to build great things

Published: 2023-01-20 · Updated: 2025-12-30 · Tags: tech, code, productivity · Canonical: https://www.willviles.com/tech-stack

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

- **Cursor + Claude** to build at speed
- **TypeScript + Node.js** for building anything
- **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
- **Nano Banana** for generative fun

### Productivity

- **Notion** for powering my entire life
- **ChatGPT** for life coaching & ideation
- **Slack** for team comms (with a strong emoji game)
- **Linear** for organising tasks & projects