Understand constraints first
User volume, data sensitivity, team skills, integrations, offline needs, content operations and budget should be known before choosing technology.
Decision criteria
- Business fit and delivery speed
- Availability of maintainers and skills
- Security and update model
- Performance and scale requirements
- Provider lock-in and migration cost
- Total cost of ownership
Web, native or cross-platform
Web may fit corporate content and search visibility; native may fit hardware integration or platform-specific experience; cross-platform may fit shared logic and faster multi-platform delivery. The use case decides.
Record the decision
Important technical choices should be documented with context, alternatives and rationale. This avoids repeating the same debate when the team changes.