> This isn't an SEO problem. This is a Google problem.
I've tested on a few of the big search engines, and nanoclaw.dev is never in the first page.
Gemini was also unable to find the .dev, even in "Research Mode." The only way I was able to get a direct link to nanoclaw.dev was with chatgpt, which found it by scraping the GitHub (it also spat out links to a couple of other copies it found from google.)
Seems this is a wider SEO issue, one which infiltrates even the technology supposed to replace it.
> Gemini was also unable to find the .dev, even in "Research Mode."
Unsurprisingly, right? Gemini just uses the same back end as Google itself, which - according to OP - doesn't list his site on page 1, not page 2 and not page 5.
Depending on the prompt, it should have gotten the link from the github, but that's like an indirect hint from a secondary source, it probably ranks the Google index quite highly when it does research.
That same account[0] has also already lost at least 100k betting on similar middle eastern conflict markets. Not at all ruling out insider information, certainly looks suspicious, but it’s easy just to find one big win or winner.
If you're looking for insiders it's generally helpful to start with the "survivors". Not because insiders can't lose but because winning insiders are those effectively exploiting their unfair knowledge. You need filters, so concentrate on the worst offenders first.
Of course, not all winners are insiders. You still need to filter more, but it's definitely the first filter. Big winners are the second, for the same reason: scale of exploitation.
My only issue with ghostty is it isn’t immediately recognized by some programs through ssh (eg less) and they don’t operate properly. However there’s a one liner that solves the problem permanently on the remote machine[0] so it isn’t too bad. Hopefully in the near future ghostty’s terminfo will be shipped with common linux distros.
I find this docs page fairly hilarious. Complaining about how the rest of the world is in the stone ages, and that is why ghostty doesn’t work with it.
For me, a terminal program that requires me to muck with every machine I log into to get it to work is pretty horrible. I connect to a lot of different machines every work dat. Often they’re not machines I maintain. Making that harder is exactly the opposite of what I want from a key tool like a terminal program.
Note: Ghostty follows the same pattern as Kitty where they a) use their own terminfo, b) distribute it when ssh'ing (it gets pushed to the remote server) and c) added it to ncurses so that it will eventually go away.
Apparently changing $TERM from `screen-256color` to `tmux-256color` in tmux to try and get italics working in nvim totally mangled ghostty.
I looked into infocmp and other tricks to try and and figure out why the backspace key was throwing gibberish around, but I had no interest in debugging such an inscrutable thing through so many layers.
I don't fault ghostty for things like this, but at the same time it's hard not to scorn the tools you want to be invisible, even if making unreasonable demands of them on accident.
Single-threading is also what allows you to stay up all night writing the 8 page essay that's due at 6:00am, what lets you drive for hours on end, what remembers protocol during a crisis. Not detracting from the OP's point at all, just single threading doesn't always have to be pleasant. One of its advantages is powering you through unpleasantries and getting what needs to be done done. Sometimes when we think we are 'multitasking,' we're just looking for ways to avoid the problem.
Every one of your examples are things that I find really enjoyable. As someone who is a terribly scatter brained procrastinator, the 6AM deadline is clarifying. Realizing at 11:30pm that I haven't started the essay is (or was, long ago) a jolt of wakefulness and focus. The time between 11:45pm and 5:45am flies by in a blur. Driving 1000mi in a day--18+hr of focus. Keep the speed high enough above the speed limit to make decent time over ground but avoid the risk of a sneaky traffic cop. Take advantage of the lulls in traffic, long sight lines (or tight, windy sections) to increase your average speed. Eat just enough to not lose energy but not enough to not be hungry--a little hunger sharpens focus. Drink enough water to not be totally dehydrated, but little enough that your bathroom breaks coincide with fuel stops. Pager goes off at 3AM. Critical alert, connection pools full, database CPU 100%, p99 response times equal to the configured timeout, circuit breakers tripping. The urgency gives life some meaning. You were groggy and sleepy 1min ago and now you're blasted wide awake, throttle firewalled. Don't threaten me with a good time ;)
>" Sometimes when we think we are 'multitasking,' we're just looking for ways to avoid the problem."
Which can be correct course of action. If I stuck trying to figure out how to solve some hard problem it is very good ide to switch for a while and magically the solution comes back later on since brain still manages to do something in background. Alternatively if I have to do whole lot of monotonous non rewarding work for whatever reason I would go nuts if I try to finish it in one step (considering it is long enough)
basically I agree with Cloudflare too, it just bothers me a company has made such an unneutral statement - considering how they has always presented themself
I tend to agree, though not in all cases. If I’m reading because I want to learn something, I don’t care how the material was generated. As long as it’s correct and intuitive, and LLMs have gotten pretty good at that, it’s valuable to me. It’s always fun when a human takes the time to make something educational and creative, or has a pleasant style, or a sense of humor; but I’m not reading the blog post for that.
What does bother me is when clearly AI-generated blog posts (perhaps unintentionally) attempt to mask their artificial nature through superfluous jokes or unnaturally lighthearted tone. It often obscures content and makes the reading experience inefficient, without the grace of a human writer that could make it worth it.
However, if I’m reading a non-technical blog, I am reading because I want something human. I want to enjoy a work a real person sank their time and labor into. The less touched by machines, the better.
> It would be more human to handwrite your blog post instead.
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