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AI Ecosystem 2025

From Framework Wars to Universal Standards​

Colin McNamara Austin LangChain AI Middleware User Group

The Big Question Changed

❌ "What framework should I use?"
✅ "What are you going to build?"

Framework Wars Are Over

Why? Modern AI IDEs make the choice matter less.​

  • LangChain → 700+ integrations
  • LlamaIndex → Stupid easy RAG
  • Google ADK → Pay-per-execution
  • Smol AI → Minimalist approach

MCP Won

"Everyone has switched to MCP. It is kind of the standard."
- Colin McNamara

Universal tool integration across everything​

AI IDEs Killed Framework Choice

The Big 3:​

  • Cursor → Most popular (SOC 2 certified)
  • Cline → Community favorite (1.6M+ installs)
  • Windsurf → Dark horse (OpenAI acquisition rumors)

Google's Plot Twist

Google endorsed n8n

Nobody saw that coming​

Orchestration Winner

"LangGraph is the winner"
- Colin McNamara

Why?​

Native Python + built-in observability + A2A ready

The Economics Shift

"I want to pay for agents when they're executed, especially now that things are moving async."
- Colin McNamara

Async Is Inevitable

"Get back to me in 20 minutes. I don't care."

20-minute response times are the new normal​

Monitor Everything

"Think of my entire application stack as A through Z. My agents are like LMNOP."
- Colin McNamara

Security Reality Check

"At some point your AI is going to lose its mind and hack you. How are you gonna know?"

Build to federal standards​

Agent Mesh Future

"The future of asynchronous development agents collaborating together and orchestrating these complex graphs together."
- Colin McNamara

Your Action Plan

Start Tomorrow:​

  1. 🔧 Start anywhere → Modern tooling makes any framework viable
  2. 🔗 Embrace MCP → Universal integration is here
  3. 💰 Design for async → Cost optimization architecture

Key Takeaway

The infrastructure is being built NOW.
Will you be ready?

Connect

🔗 Find Colin:​

  • LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/colinmcnamara
  • Blog → colinmcnamara.com
  • Discord → AIMUG Discord

🤝 Austin LangChain AI Middleware User Group​

Questions?

🚀 What are YOU going to build?