Tech Research

Comparison Template

## Technology Comparison: [X] vs [Y]

### Overview
[X]: Brief description
[Y]: Brief description

### Pros
**X:**
- + Point 1
- + Point 2

**Y:**
- + Point 1
- + Point 2

### Cons
**X:**
- - Point 1
- - Point 2

**Y:**
- - Point 1
- - Point 2

### Performance
| Metric | X | Y |
|--------|---|---|
| Latency | 10ms | 15ms |
| Throughput | 1000 req/s | 800 req/s |

### Decision Matrix

| Criteria | Weight | X Score | Y Score |
|----------|--------|---------|---------|
| Performance | 30% | 8/10 | 7/10 |
| DX | 25% | 9/10 | 6/10 |
| Ecosystem | 20% | 7/10 | 9/10 |
| **Weighted Total** | 100% | **8.0** | **7.3** |

### Recommendation
[Based on above analysis]

Questions to Answer

1. What problem does it solve?

   • Is the problem real or perceived?

2. How mature is the project?

   • Version number (1.0+ is more stable)
   • Release history
   • Breaking changes frequency

3. What's the community like?

   • GitHub stars (but don't trust blindly)
   • Issue response time
   • Active maintainers

4. What's the business model?

   • Open core (limited free, paid features)
   • Fully open source
   • SaaS with generous free tier

5. What are the exit costs?

   • Vendor lock-in risk
   • Migration complexity
   • Data portability

Red Flags

• No activity in 2+ years
• Single maintainer for critical projects
• Hostile community
• Unclear licensing
• No documentation
• Breaking changes every week

Green Flags

• Semantic versioning
• Changelog maintained
• Good first issues labeled
• Active Discord/Slack
• Production users listed
• Security policy