Vault
How the Vault works
Trust is the entire product, so the rules are public. These aren't aspirations — most of them are enforced in the code itself.
What gets in
Everything in the vault has been personally installed, run, and tested. If it wouldn't survive being demonstrated on camera, it doesn't get a page. Inclusion is never paid for — there are no sponsored placements and no pay-to-rank, ever.
What gets removed
Tools that become unmaintained, get superseded, or turn hostile to their users are removed from recommendation — publicly, with a dated reason, in the Graveyard. Their pages stay readable forever. A vault that only ever adds is just a directory rotting slowly.
Where the numbers come from
Every statistic on this site is queried, never typed. GitHub stars, forks, and activity sync nightly and carry a visible sync date. 'Rising' is ranked by real star growth over the last seven days — hover any ranked list and it tells you exactly how it's ranked. If a number can't be verified, it isn't shown.
What's free and what's paid
Reading is never gated. Every resource page, stack, and blueprint write-up is free forever — the paid products are the artifacts: template bundles, prompt packs, configs, and walkthrough videos inside kits and blueprints. No pre-orders, no countdown timers, no fake 'usually $X' anchoring.
Products: what's free and what's paid
The store works the same way. Free products exist to build trust — grab one, run it, and decide for yourself before you ever pay me a cent; they're marked in green and the download is exactly what the page says. Paid products, marked in amber, are the artifacts themselves: the finished files, systems, and walkthroughs. A buy or download button only appears once the files are real and I've set the link by hand — and the price you see is the price, with no invented 'usually $X' anchoring, ever.
What this site will never do
No fabricated metrics, testimonials, or member counts. No reviews section until real users have written real reviews. No undisclosed affiliate links — if a link ever earns a commission, it says so right next to the link, and the recommendation always predates the deal.