How a technology decision is actually made
We start from the product requirements that constrain the choice: the interaction model, data shape and volume, integration obligations, regulatory limits on where data may sit, and the load the system realistically needs to handle. Against those, we weigh what your team can maintain, what the hiring market supports, and how mature the option is. Where two choices are genuinely close, we say so and pick on maintainability, because that is where the long-term cost sits. The reasoning is written down so it can be revisited when circumstances change.