> cat /etc/editorial/about.yml

Editor & Methodology

aicoolies is built and maintained by one developer who tests the tools first-hand. Here is who runs it and exactly how every entry is verified.

Founder & Editor-in-Chief

Raşit Akyol

Verified Expert

Senior Full-Stack Developer

Founder & Editor-in-Chief

A Senior Full-Stack Developer with 15+ years of production experience. As the founder of Digital Karınca, a digital software agency based in Izmir, Turkey, he delivers high-performance web systems and developer-centric products to clients worldwide. Rasit works daily with compiler systems, cloud architectures, and modern toolchains in active production projects. He created aicoolies.com as a passion project and developer knowledge graph to personally test, benchmark, and evaluate emerging dev tools, editors, and APIs based on real-world utility. Every tool, score, and comparison on the site is tested, verified, and approved by him.

Editorial Standards

The rules every tool, review, and comparison on this site is held to.

Hands-On Testing

Every tool is installed and used on real production projects before it earns a score. Ratings come from first-hand use — never from a marketing page or a press release.

Source Verification

Pricing, licensing, and feature claims are cross-checked against official documentation and live repository activity. If a claim cannot be verified, it does not get published.

Lifecycle Tracking

Abandoned and discontinued tools are moved to the Graveyard so the catalog always reflects what is actually maintained. Stale entries are reviewed and retired on a regular cadence.

Transparent Scoring

Scores and comparisons follow a consistent, repeatable rubric. Every entry is read, edited, and approved by a human engineer before it goes live — no automated bulk publishing.

$echo "Tested by hand. Verified by a human."

Every software package in this directory is reviewed and approved by a human engineer.