How stories are chosen and checked

Public sources only. Every story links to a public write-up. Every number on the page is quoted from that source.
Blank means unknown. If the source doesn't state cost, team size, duration or stack, we leave it blank. We never estimate.
Source type is labelled. Vendor-published means the tool vendor published or co-published it. Practitioner means the company wrote about its own work. Independent means research or press not tied to the vendor.
Codebase tags are editorial. "Brownfield" means the source describes changing an existing codebase (migrations, upgrades, refactors). "Greenfield" means new code built from scratch.
Caveats are always shown. Self-reported estimates, vendor partnerships and methodology limits sit next to the numbers.
Corrections welcome. Send a correction and we'll update the entry and its "last checked" date.