HackFW Recommended Tech Stacks

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Languages & Runtimes
Technology Description Docs
TypeScript Type-safe JavaScript typescriptlang.org/docs
Bun Fast JS runtime & bundler bun.sh/docs
Deno Secure JS/TS runtime docs.deno.com
Node.js JS runtime nodejs.org/docs
Python General purpose docs.python.org
uv Fast Python package manager docs.astral.sh/uv
Golang Systems & backend go.dev/doc
Rust Performance & safety doc.rust-lang.org
Zig Systems programming ziglang.org/documentation
Frontend & Web Frameworks
Technology Description Docs
React UI library react.dev
Next.js React framework (SSR/SSG) nextjs.org/docs
Vite Fast build tool vite.dev/guide
TanStack Router Type-safe routing tanstack.com/router
TanStack Query Async state management tanstack.com/query
TanStack Table Headless table UI tanstack.com/table
TanStack Form Form management tanstack.com/form
TailwindCSS Utility-first CSS tailwindcss.com/docs
shadcn/ui Component library ui.shadcn.com/docs
Databases & Storage Relational / SQL
Technology Description Docs
PostgreSQL Full-featured RDBMS postgresql.org/docs
SQLite Embedded database sqlite.org/docs
MySQL Traditional OLTP dev.mysql.com/doc
Turso Distributed libSQL docs.turso.tech
Vector Databases
Technology Description Docs
pgvector PostgreSQL extension github.com/pgvector
Qdrant Vector search engine qdrant.tech/documentation
Chroma AI-native embedding DB docs.trychroma.com
Weaviate GraphQL vector DB weaviate.io/developers
Pinecone Managed vector search docs.pinecone.io
Milvus Scalable vector DB milvus.io/docs
Object Storage & Other
Technology Description Docs
Cloudflare R2 S3-compatible, zero egress developers.cloudflare.com/r2
AWS S3 Object storage docs.aws.amazon.com/s3
Convex Reactive backend docs.convex.dev
Redis Cache, pub/sub, KV redis.io/docs
DuckDB In-process OLAP duckdb.org/docs
Real-Time Data & Streaming
Technology Description Docs
NATS.io Cloud-native messaging docs.nats.io
NATS JetStream Persistence & exactly-once docs.nats.io/jetstream
NATS KV Distributed key-value docs.nats.io/kv
Apache Arrow Columnar in-memory format arrow.apache.org/docs
WebSockets Real-time communication developer.mozilla.org/websockets
Cloud & Infrastructure Cloudflare
Service Description Docs
Workers Edge compute / serverless developers.cloudflare.com/workers
Pages Fullstack deployment developers.cloudflare.com/pages
R2 Object storage (S3-compat) developers.cloudflare.com/r2
D1 Serverless SQLite developers.cloudflare.com/d1
KV Global key-value store developers.cloudflare.com/kv
Durable Objects Stateful edge compute developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects
AI Gateway LLM proxy & observability developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway
Workers AI Inference at the edge developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai
Vectorize Vector database developers.cloudflare.com/vectorize
DNS Authoritative DNS developers.cloudflare.com/dns
WAF Web application firewall developers.cloudflare.com/waf
Queues Message queues developers.cloudflare.com/queues
DevOps & Containers
Technology Description Docs
Docker Containerization docs.docker.com
Kubernetes Container orchestration kubernetes.io/docs
Terraform Infrastructure as code developer.hashicorp.com/terraform
GitHub Actions CI/CD docs.github.com/actions
Blockchain & Web3 EVM / Ethereum Ecosystem
Technology Description Docs
Solidity Smart contract language docs.soliditylang.org
Ethereum L1 mainnet ethereum.org/developers
Base Coinbase L2 docs.base.org
Arbitrum Optimistic rollup L2 docs.arbitrum.io
Optimism OP Stack L2 docs.optimism.io
Polygon PoS / zkEVM docs.polygon.technology
Alternative L1s
Technology Description Docs
Solana High-throughput, Rust solana.com/docs
Sui Move language, objects docs.sui.io
Aptos Move language aptos.dev
Near Sharded, WebAssembly docs.near.org
Avalanche Subnet architecture docs.avax.network
Cosmos IBC interoperability docs.cosmos.network
Bitcoin & Adjacent
Technology Description Docs
Bitcoin L1, Ordinals, Runes developer.bitcoin.org
Stacks Bitcoin L2, Clarity docs.stacks.co
Lightning Payment channels docs.lightning.engineering
Web3 Development Tools
Technology Description Docs
Foundry Fast Solidity toolkit book.getfoundry.sh
Hardhat Ethereum dev env hardhat.org/docs
Anchor Solana framework anchor-lang.com
thirdweb Web3 SDKs & infra portal.thirdweb.com
wagmi React hooks for Ethereum wagmi.sh
viem TypeScript Ethereum library viem.sh
ethers.js Ethereum JS library docs.ethers.org
web3.js Ethereum JS library docs.web3js.org
Robotics & Simulation
Technology Description Docs
ROS 2 Robot Operating System docs.ros.org
Gazebo Physics simulation gazebosim.org/docs
MoveIt Motion planning moveit.ai/documentation
Isaac Sim NVIDIA robotics sim developer.nvidia.com/isaac-sim
AI Models & Frameworks LLM / VLM Inference
Technology Description Docs
Featherless.ai Inference hosting featherless.ai/docs
Ollama Local model running ollama.com
vLLM High-throughput serving docs.vllm.ai
Together.ai Inference API docs.together.ai
Cloudflare Workers AI Edge inference developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai
Cloudflare AI Gateway LLM proxy & caching developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway
Agent Frameworks
Technology Description Docs
Mastra TypeScript AI framework mastra.ai/docs
Agno Multi-agent systems docs.agno.com
LangChain LLM orchestration python.langchain.com/docs
LangGraph Stateful agents langchain-ai.github.io/langgraph
CrewAI Multi-agent collaboration docs.crewai.com
AutoGen Microsoft multi-agent microsoft.github.io/autogen
AI Tooling & Integrations
Technology Description Docs
CopilotKit In-app AI copilots docs.copilotkit.ai
Vercel AI SDK AI utilities for JS sdk.vercel.ai/docs
Instructor Structured LLM outputs python.useinstructor.com
DSPy Programmatic prompting dspy-docs.vercel.app

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