How we write and review our guides
We draft with large language models and edit by hand. New and reviewed guides display their sources when they make factual or time-sensitive claims. We are reviewing older guides in batches, so some do not yet have a published source list. This page explains what is live now and what is still being fixed.
How a guide gets made
1. For factual or time-sensitive topics, we start with an approved source pack. It contains the URLs, publishers, dates, and claims an editor has checked.
2. A language model drafts the guide against a per-theme writer brief with hard editorial rules: active voice, short sentences, concrete numbers over adjectives, no filler.
3. A citation gate checks every source link. If the model returns a URL outside the approved source pack, the pipeline throws it away. Each kept source is tied to the claim it supports.
4. We review the draft, edit it, and publish. The same rules apply to guides written entirely by hand.
The dates you can trust
Published is when the guide first went live. Updated means the content materially changed. Reviewed means we re-checked the guide and changed nothing. When a review changes nothing, we say so: the guide shows a Reviewed date, not a fake Updated one.
The review clock
Six fast-moving themes are re-checked automatically: AI Literacy & Digital Citizenship and Cybersecurity & Privacy every 30 days, AI Productivity & Prompting and Agentic Coding every 45 days, Automation & No-Code every 60 days, and Coding & Software Fundamentals every 90 days. Evergreen themes like gardening and home repairs do not sit on the automatic clock; we review those when something in the topic actually changes.
What we refuse to publish
No personal financial, medical, or legal advice. Before a new or reviewed money guide can ship, its consequential claims must be tied to approved primary sources such as tax authorities and central banks. Health guides use peer-reviewed research and public health bodies. Older guides that do not yet meet this standard remain in the review queue and may be removed from search while we work.
Corrections
Found an error? Email [email protected]. We correct the guide and the Updated date changes, so you can see we did.
Who writes this
Taim.io is run by its two co-founders: Lars Nyman (business strategy, AI, cloud, SaaS) and Valeria Nyman (product design, learning design, gardening). They set the editorial rules, own the review pipeline, and answer for what gets published.