{"product_id":"what-should-i-build-it-with","title":"What Should I Build It With? — The Plain-English Stack Picker","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou've got something to build — a shop, a blog, a booking page, a simple tool — and you're stuck before you've started, because everyone's advice contradicts the last person's.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWordPress or Shopify? Squarespace or Wix? Should you learn to code or run a mile from it? Every \"best platform\" article ends with the same useless line: \"it depends on your needs.\" Thanks. Genuinely useful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis tool gives you a straight answer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnswer five plain-language questions — no jargon, no accounts, nothing to install — and it recommends one sensible starting stack built around your situation: what you're making, your budget, how much you want to own it, and how much time you've honestly got. The first question alone quietly saves most people from the most expensive mistake there is: building it the hard way when they didn't need to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat you get for each recommendation:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne clear stack to start with — not a list of twelve to agonise over\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy it fits you, in plain terms, line by line from your answers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoughly what it costs to run\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe honest trade-off it's making — what you give up, said straight\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn operator's note on each — where I actually reach for it, from 23 years of building real businesses\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat to move to if you outgrow it\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt runs entirely in your browser. Download it once and it works offline, forever — no subscription, no login, no link to expire. Print your recommendation and keep it next to you while you build.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis isn't a course or a 40-page guide you'll never finish. It's a decision, made in two minutes, by someone who's built on most of these platforms and will tell you the truth about all of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA sensible first choice, not the only choice. Tool prices and features change — costs shown are rough guides to sanity-check before you commit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"drewmitchell.co.uk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081082323100,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0748\/1835\/5356\/files\/what-should-i-build-it-with.png?v=1781824358","url":"https:\/\/drewmitchell.co.uk\/products\/what-should-i-build-it-with","provider":"drewmitchell.co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}