The Tech Stack of a One-Man SaaS

Back-end

We use TypeScript and Node.js across our back-end applications. They are divided into serverless functions using Next.js API Routes and long running Express servers.

Our applications generally try to follow a single concern, for example, our public API is served from an Express server, our SMTP from another one, but we have a few others use... See more

#sapling

Over winter break last year, I tried learning everything I could about AWS. I took a bunch of notes and decided to compile them all here. While AWS can feel overwhelming, I think it’s a great tool to know for personal projects because of how cheap, fast, and battle-tested services like S3, Lambda, and Dynamo are. I hope this helps!

Foundatio... See more

3. More SaaS and Dev Tools

The median bootstrapped B2B SaaS company currently spends around 90% of its annual recurring revenue on costs—25% on go-to-market strategy and execution, 24% on research and development, 15% on administrative and miscellaneous expenses, 13% on website hosting and implementation, and 10% on customer retention. Each of these categories of cost is now... See more

Things we readily use

There are a few types of k8s resources we use without hesitation. I’m only listing resources here that we create explicitly; most of these resources implicitly create other resources (like Pods) that I will not mention but which we of course (indirectly) use.

• Deployments : Most of our pods are created through deployments. Ever

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Consulting Stack Setup Todo List¶

1. Set up business foundation¶

• Form an LLC using Doola


• Open a business bank account with Mercury


• Set up QuickBooks, Accountant, for bookkeeping, email me for referral

2. Implement essential software tools¶

• Set up Stripe for invoicing


• Sign up for Dropbox and Dropbox Sign


• Create a Cal.com account for scheduling


• Set

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