Originally published on AI Tech Connect.
Why picking your first stack matters more than picking the "best" one The most common mistake early-career builders make is spending three weeks evaluating frameworks and zero weeks shipping. The agent stack you choose for your first project is not a lifetime commitment — but the habits you build around observability, error handling, and HITL design absolutely are. Pick something you can get to a demo in a weekend, and iterate from there. In June 2026, three stacks have genuine momentum among 0–2 year builders in India and the UK: Claude Managed Agents (now in public beta, powered by Opus 4.8), LangGraph (the leading production framework), and the Claude Agent SDK (a Python and TypeScript toolchain for multi-agent systems). Each solves a real problem. Each has real tradeoffs. The decision…
