Why we're writing about investing on a developer tools blog
Tools, evidence, and disclosure are the same job whether the topic is a code editor or a brokerage account. Here's the editorial line for the new finance section.
Pickuma started as a place to write down what actually happened when we ran a tool first-hand. That habit — try, document, disclose — turns out to map cleanly onto investing too, so we’re opening a small second lane: Finance.
What’s in scope
Three kinds of posts:
- Developer × investor crossovers. Reviews of data APIs (Polygon, Alpha Vantage), screener tooling, and the occasional “build a stock screener in Postgres” walkthrough.
- Investor guides. Hands-on takes on the boring infrastructure of investing — accounts, fees, what a piece of jargon actually means.
- Market essays. Arguments about where the macro story might be wrong, grounded in numbers we can show, not vibes.
What’s not in scope
We’re not picking stocks. No target prices, no “this is the one” essays, no guaranteed returns. If a post is making a directional argument, it’ll say what would prove it wrong.
We’re not giving tax or legal advice. Rules vary by jurisdiction. Ask a CPA, not a blog.
The editorial guardrails
- Every finance article carries the Not investment advice notice at the footer (rendered automatically).
- If we hold a position in something we’re discussing, we say so inline.
- Live prices get a date and source, or they don’t show up.
- AI assistance is disclosed the same way as on every other Pickuma post.
That’s it. The first reviews and essays will follow shortly.
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