Backend Tech Stacks

Django web framework with PostgreSQL — a default production pairing recommended in Django’s own database docs.

FastAPI API services with PostgreSQL — a high-adoption Python API stack for microservices and ML-adjacent backends.

FastAPI with SQLAlchemy ORM against PostgreSQL — the standard Python async/sync API + ORM combination.

Flask microframework with PostgreSQL — a long-standing lightweight Python web/API stack.

Ruby on Rails with PostgreSQL — the default modern Rails database pairing for new apps.

Laravel PHP framework with MySQL — the most common Laravel starter database combination.

Laravel with PostgreSQL — common when teams prefer Postgres features while staying in the Laravel ecosystem.

NestJS TypeScript backend with PostgreSQL — a structured Node enterprise API stack.

NestJS services using Prisma against PostgreSQL for typed Node backends.

Express API with MongoDB — the backend half of MERN/MEAN without prescribing a frontend.

Express API with PostgreSQL — a minimal Node relational backend used widely outside full MERN/PERN branding.

Fastify high-performance Node framework with PostgreSQL — common for latency-sensitive APIs.

Hono web framework on Cloudflare Workers — an edge-native TypeScript API recipe.

Go services using the Gin HTTP framework with PostgreSQL — a common high-performance API stack.

Django with Celery workers, Redis broker, and PostgreSQL — the standard Django async-task production recipe.

NestJS APIs with PostgreSQL persistence and Redis for cache/queues — a common Node enterprise service shape.

Express services with PostgreSQL and Redis — classic Node session/cache + relational store pattern.

GraphQL APIs served by Apollo Server on Node.js — a primary GraphQL server recipe in the JS ecosystem.

Full-text search and analytics with Elasticsearch accessed from Node.js services.

Message queuing with RabbitMQ from Python workers and publishers.

Hono APIs running on the Bun runtime — an emerging high-performance JS server recipe.

Deno runtime with first-class TypeScript — an alternative JS server platform to Node.js.