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curl your own homepage. That is all ChatGPT sees.

Run this against your site right now: curl -s https://yoursite.com | grep -o "<h1[^>]*>.*</h1>" If nothing comes back, or you get an empty <div id="root"> , then large parts of the internet cannot…

  • curl command reveals if search engines can read website
  • Major parts of internet may not read site without JavaScript
  • Fix by ensuring important content in first HTML response

Debian and the sirens

  • Author left Debian in 2005 due to rigidity
  • LLMs could make Debian overly rigid and dependent
  • Author reflects on 18 years of helping Debian mature

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