About.
Who makes GrabStack, and how we judge.
Who
GrabStack is written by Eric McLean — an author and an AI & business consultant.
He works where strategy meets delivery: organisational development and change, product development, and growth — mostly across technology, telecoms and financial services. The background is blue-chip and C-suite, the kind of rooms where these calls actually get made. His current focus is AI agent teams and the competencies that make them work — which is exactly the territory this guide maps.
He also writes at PentagonPhysics.com.
GrabStack exists for one reason: most AI coverage is noise — restated press releases, stale lists, everything hedged. The aim here is the opposite. Insight beyond the average. Signal, not noise.
How we judge
Every tool in GrabStack carries a status, a dated claim, and a review-by date. We evaluate based on real-world utility, benchmark performance where available, community adoption, and whether the tool actually ships updates.
We include adjacent, non-AI tools when they're part of a working stack — the goal is the honest picture, not a purity test.
When a tool dies, gets acquired, or quietly stops mattering, we move it to The Cemetery rather than deleting it. Honest records matter more than clean catalogues.
Update cadence
Every entry has a review-by date. When that date passes, the entry is flagged for review. The Wire publishes dated field reports as things change. The goal is freshness, not volume.