Stop choosing AI tech just because it's trending

Or you'll end up choosing solutions based on market hype instead of implementation readiness.

Here's how to evaluate whether a new technology is actually ready for your business:

1. Can a skilled engineer stand it up in days, not weeks?

If basic setup takes forever, production deployment will be worse.

1. Is the documentation stable, or does it change daily?

Constantly shifting examples signal immature tooling and expensive early adopter pain.

1. Are there clear version tags and stable APIs?

Without these, you're developing against a moving target.

I recently tested this with implementing an MCP server versus agent-to-agent protocol.

MCP: 8 hours to working implementation.
A2A: Days of struggle with no clear path forward.

But the agent-to-agent protocol was "trendy" so that's what the client wanted.

In my mind, the choice became obvious once I stopped looking at hype and started looking at implementation reality.

Fall in love with your business problem, not the specific solution.

Originally posted on LinkedIn.