Five overlooked packages running my AI directory stack (opens in new tab)

The interesting parts of a project are not always the AI model or the hosting platform. This week I spent time reading source code for five dependencies that sit quietly in my package.json files. None of them are trending. All of them are load-bearing. My stack is Astro 5 SSG + Turso libSQL + GitHub Actions cron + Claude Haiku 4.5. Three sites: Top AI Tools, Find Games Like, Open Alternative To. Seven weeks in, still under 400 total pageviews, but the infrastructure is solid enough that I can...