Next.js + Supabase

Why this combo wins more than it should

Next.js gives you server-rendered React with file-based routing, API routes, and one of the cleanest deployment stories in the industry. Supabase gives you Postgres with row-level security, an auth system that doesn't require building one, and storage / realtime / edge functions out of the box. Combine them and you have roughly 80% of what most web apps need before writing a single line of code.

The architecture I default to

1. Next.js App Router for routing + server components.
2. Supabase for auth, Postgres, storage.
3. Drizzle ORM for type-safe SQL on top of the Supabase Postgres.
4. Tailwind for styling.
5. Vercel for deploys (or Replit during development).

What this gets you out of the box

• Authentication with email + password, magic links, OAuth (Google, GitHub, Apple) — all configurable in the Supabase dashboard, no SDK setup.
• Multi-tenancy via RLS — workspace isolation enforced at the database layer. Tenancy bugs become structurally impossible because the database itself refuses to leak data across workspaces.
• Server-rendered dashboards — server components query Supabase directly with the user's session, so the dashboard is rendered with their data on first paint. No loading spinners.
• Realtime updates — Supabase's realtime channels make collaborative features (multi-user cursors, live notifications) trivial.
• File storage — uploads, public URLs, signed URLs, all without spinning up an S3 bucket.

Where I add Stripe

For SaaS, swap to Next.js + Supabase + Stripe. Stripe Checkout handles the front-door payment, the customer portal handles upgrades/cancellations, and webhooks keep the Supabase workspace_subscriptions table in sync. The whole billing layer takes about a day to wire correctly.