Evidence, not opinions, in stack reviews
How to run a technology comparison so steering groups can tell measured risk from personal taste.
Stack debates go sideways when every claim sounds equally confident. Separate criteria (latency, licensing, team skill, exit cost) from the scores you assign, and label each score with its evidence type: measured, vendor-claimed, or assumed.
Time-box spikes. A two-day probe that answers one criterion beats a week of slide research that answers none.
Our stack evaluation clinic uses a fixed memo outline so recommendations stay comparable across projects. The goal is a decision you can revisit when new evidence arrives—not a one-time performance of certainty.