Editorial Policy

Why this page exists

Before you trust a word elsewhere on hacklabasu.org, it is fair to know how those words get made. That is the entire purpose of this page.

Choosing what to cover

Topics come from three places: reader mail, our own notes, and gaps we notice while reading what else is published. Nothing gets written because a keyword tool suggested it.

How a page gets written

• Dump first. Everything the writer believes goes down, unsorted.
• Mark the soft parts. Anything held on memory rather than evidence gets flagged.
• Check or cut. A flagged claim is either supported or removed. There is no third option.
• Second reader. Somebody else hunts for sentences that sound more certain than the evidence allows.

Paid and unpaid links

We earn from some outbound links. That pays for hosting and research time, and it does not decide the verdict of any page.

Nobody has ever bought the removal of a fair criticism here, and the ones who try mostly hand us the material for the next article.

The names on the work

We attach a person to every article on purpose. It means a mistake costs the writer something, which is the strongest quality control a site this size has.

Lucía Benítez, Editora y electrónica. Lucía empezó reparando radios viejas en la mesa de la cocina y hoy escribe sobre circuitos, Arduino y radiofrecuencia sin dar nada por sabido.

Mateo Giménez, Videojuegos y cultura maker. Mateo modifica consolas retro y escribe sobre juegos de construcción, mods y las comunidades que mantienen vivos los juegos viejos.

Sofía Duarte, Impresión 3D y reciclaje. Sofía diseña piezas en OpenSCAD y prefiere arreglar un objeto antes que comprar otro, aunque tarde una tarde entera.

How we date articles

We treat dates as facts, not decoration. Refreshing a page to look current without changing its substance is a small lie we would rather not tell, so we do not touch the date unless the content genuinely moved.

How mistakes are handled

Corrections go to [email protected]. Include the address and the sentence. Anything factual is fixed without argument. Anything that changes what the article recommends gets a dated note underneath, so the change is visible.