As with most things at Wiredcraft, you are strongly encouraged to challenge our way of doing things. Developers regularly introduce new languages, frameworks or platforms. If you feel strongly about a technology or a tool, speak up. You only need to convince people on your team of its benefits and maintainability.
With that being said, we often make the following choices based on past experience;
Technologies
- TypeScript is our primary programming language. We use Node.js to build microservices and APIs, with NestJS as our default backend framework. We also work extensively with Java; Go and Python are common choices for infrastructure and data-related projects.
- We primarily use Kubernetes as the infrastructure for our microservices, and Helm to manage their packages. See our CI/CD guide for details.
- We build web front-ends with React, usually using Next.js. We also use Vue when it fits the project. We rarely use AngularJS today.
- For native mobile apps, we prefer Kotlin and Swift. We’ve experimented with React Native as well.
- We use PostgreSQL more often for relational data, while Couchbase remains our main NoSQL database. Elasticsearch is used for full-text search and reporting, and Redis for caching or simple key/value storage (e.g. sessions).
- We load-test services with k6 and Locust.
- For asynchronous messaging, we usually use NSQ.
AI
- We build AI agents with our own AgentOS.
- For AI-assisted coding, we use Codex, OpenCode and GitHub Copilot.