Tech StackMVPEngineering
Auth, Database, and API: The MVP Stack Explained
Three decisions determine most of your MVP's engineering cost and speed. Here's how to think about each one.
Nexaura Labs Team
Every functional MVP needs three things working together: a way to identify users, a place to store their data, and a way for the frontend to talk to both.
Authentication
Use a managed provider rather than building your own. The risk of rolling your own auth almost never pays off at MVP stage.
Database
Pick a managed Postgres or Firebase-style store over self-hosting anything in the first version. You want to spend engineering time on the product, not infrastructure.
API layer
A typed API layer catches bugs before they reach production and makes onboarding a second engineer far easier later.