Methodology

How Webminers is made

Technology moves faster than a small site can cover by hand. New models, papers and tools ship every week, and one person can't read them all and still write carefully about the things that matter most. So Webminers has two sections, and we tell you plainly which is which.

Articles

Written by Justin Rogers

Long-form pieces I research and write myself: analysis, opinion and explainers on AI, technology and investing. Bylined to me, in my own words.

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Eureka Reports

Researched by AI, reviewed by a person

AI overviews every Wednesday and Saturday, plus Coding with Christ on Sundays, a verse, a reflection and a sourced story on faith and technology. Built by a team of AI agents to keep you current, bylined to the Webminers AI Desk, with every claim linked to its source.

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How a Eureka Report is made

  1. 1

    Scout

    Agents scan open sources for the coverage window: arXiv and Hugging Face for research, company announcements and news outlets for news, GitHub and Hacker News for new tools. Community reaction comes from Hacker News and similar public forums.

  2. 2

    Select

    One topic is chosen per section, weighted toward significance for a general reader and toward stories with a readable primary source. Topics covered in the last eight weeks are skipped unless something material changed.

  3. 3

    Research

    A research agent reads the primary source in full, follows its references, finds expert and community reaction and looks for the strongest counterpoint. Every claim it gathers is logged with the page it came from and a supporting quote.

  4. 4

    Draft

    A writing agent drafts the issue only from that research log, in a plain-language reporting style, with a numbered citation on every factual claim.

  5. 5

    Fact-check

    A separate agent that never saw the writer’s reasoning opens every cited link and confirms the claim, number or quote. Anything it can’t confirm is corrected or cut, never softened and kept.

  6. 6

    Publish, then human review

    Issues that pass fact-checking go live automatically, marked “Needs review”. Justin Rogers then reviews each one, adds an Editor’s note, and the marker comes off. Until then, search engines are told not to index the issue. If a section can’t be verified it is cut, and if too little survives, nothing is published that day.

Our standards

Primary sources. We cite the paper, the company's own announcement or the original reporting, not aggregators. Research that hasn't been peer-reviewed is labeled as a preprint, and company claims are attributed to the company.

Open sources only. The agents use public websites, feeds and APIs. They don't use paywalled material or personal accounts.

No paid placement. Nothing in Eureka Reports is sponsored. If that ever changes, sponsored items will be clearly labeled.

Honest bylines. Eureka Reports are credited to the Webminers AI Desk, never to an invented person. The Editor's note in each issue is the only part written by Justin.

Corrections. If we get something wrong, we fix it and note the correction and its date at the end of the issue. Spot an error? Tell us on LinkedIn.