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Methodology

How an entry gets written.

The editorial pipeline that produces every catalog entry, news article, and stack snapshot. Read this if you want to know what the verdict on a page actually represents.

  1. Step 01

    Source

    Every claim in every article ties back to at least two sources: official documentation, release notes, vendor blog posts, or independent benchmarks. Sources are cited at the bottom of each news article and inspectable in the catalog page's frontmatter for tools.

  2. Step 02

    Draft

    A first draft is produced with Claude Opus 4.7 working against the gathered sources and Stackmaven's voice and style constraints. Drafts are not published. They are review material for the editorial pass.

  3. Step 03

    Edit

    A human editor reviews the draft for accuracy, voice, and the specific Stackmaven prohibitions: no lifted vendor copy, no first- person flourishes, no hype language, no unsupported claims. Edits can be substantial — drafts are starting points, not artifacts to preserve.

  4. Step 04

    Verdict

    The editor assigns a verdict label (Editor's pick / Solid choice / Watch / New / Deprecated) and writes the stackmaven_verdict paragraph. Verdicts are never influenced by sponsorship — see the editorial standards on that point.

  5. Step 05

    Publish + timestamp

    The entry publishes with a last_reviewed date that reflects the editorial pass, not the original publish date. Re-reviews update that timestamp so readers can see at a glance how current a page is.

  6. Step 06

    Follow up

    For launch articles, a 30/60/90-day follow-up scorecard is scheduled at publish time via the follow_up_due frontmatter. The scorecard revisits the original claims with accumulated evidence — usage data, regressions, public sentiment, competitive response.

Spot an error?

Email corrections@stackmaven.io. Substantive corrections are published openly on the corrections log with the date and the original error.