Recommended technologies: what should you choose for a successful project?
There's no magic solution. Picking the right technology depends on the context, team and business goals. These are our recommendations from experience.
At Artika Labs we work every day with companies and teams building solid, scalable and successful digital products. The question always arises: What is the best technology for my project?
Spoiler: there is no single right answer. Real success doesn’t come from using the hottest tool but from finding the stack that best fits each case’s reality and goals.
What do we prioritize when choosing technologies?
Beyond raw performance or market trends, in our projects we look at:
- Team productivity: Developers should feel comfortable and efficient. A known stack allows faster iteration and avoids bottlenecks.
- Ecosystem and support: We prefer technologies with good documentation, active communities and plenty of proven libraries or solutions.
- Scalability and maintainability: We think about the future: will it be easy to scale the system? Can it be maintained and evolved without headaches?
- Integration with other platforms: Projects often need to coexist with external services or legacy systems, so we choose tools that integrate easily.
- Cost and talent availability: The best technology is useless if skilled people aren’t available or hiring costs are prohibitive.
Which technologies do we recommend today?
Although every case is unique, some of our usual choices according to the challenge are:
Web Frontend
- React: Mature, huge community, easy to integrate with other libraries and frameworks.
- Next.js: Great for scalable sites and web apps with native support for SSR, SSG and API routes.
Backend
- Node.js: Perfect for modern web projects, microservices and APIs.
- Python (FastAPI, Django): Productive, ideal for data, automation and robust REST APIs.
- Go: When we need maximum concurrency efficiency or backend performance.
Mobile
- React Native: For cross-platform apps without losing user experience.
- Flutter: A robust alternative with excellent performance and attractive UIs.
Infrastructure & DevOps
- Docker + Kubernetes: To orchestrate and scale apps reliably.
- Google Cloud / AWS: Flexible infrastructure with high-level services that speed development.
Database
- PostgreSQL: Powerful, secure and widely adopted. Our default choice.
- MongoDB: When schema flexibility and fast prototyping are key.
Our vision
We always start from the project’s context and the team. We believe there are no magic solutions: the best technologies are those that support growth, facilitate innovation and sustain the business long term.
Before deciding, we listen, analyze and test. That’s the key to building successful software, today and always.