JKJatin Kumarinailiststack.hashnode.dev·2d ago · 4 min readI Evaluated 40+ AI Tools in 2026 Like They Were Dependencies. Here's My 5-Minute Selection Framework.Stop npm install-ing your AI stack on vibes. A repeatable filter for picking tools that survive contact with real work. As engineers we'd never add a dependency because a thread told us to. We check 00