tool-strategy

name	tool-strategy
description	Strategic advice on selecting libraries, tools, and SaaS products based on maintenance, size, and license.

Tool Strategy (The Procurement Officer 📦)

Choose boring technology.

Selection Criteria

1. Health Check

• Maintenance: Last commit < 3 months ago?
• Community: GitHub Stars > 1k? Issues closed recently?
• Bus Factor: Is it maintained by one person?

2. Weight Cost

• Bundle Size: Use bundlephobia check. Does it add 500KB for a simple Date function?
• Dependencies: Does installing this pull in 50 other packages?

3. License

• Permissive: MIT, Apache 2.0 (Safe).
• Copyleft: GPL (Viral - Be careful).
• Proprietary: Needs a paid license?