Around 12 years ago I created a slide deck called the Startup Engineering Cookbook which was created to help non-technical founders in building a tech startup. Here is a link to that original blog post.
Over the years, I’ve continually updated these slides to reflect the latest trends in technology. For a long time, the changes were relatively incremental—until the groundbreaking launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. This pivotal moment marked the dawn of Generative AI, revolutionizing the tech landscape like never before.
In the 2025 edition of Cookbook for Building a Tech Stack, the most significant update is the inclusion of the Generative AI tech stack. More importantly, it addresses the question I’m asked most frequently: “How can I integrate AI into my tech stack?” This shift underscores the growing demand and transformative potential of AI across industries.
You can review the entire slide deck below:
Of course, there are many ways to build a Generative AI stack and what I have proposed is just one way of doing it.
The architecture I have put together is a simplification from various other sources which you can view below.
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