2026-09-13 · SEO · 6 min read
Blocking AI bots could also block Google: what changes on September 15
Cloudflare's September 15 changes could make AI-training blocks catch Googlebot too. What to check, and how this differs from Google-Extended.
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2026-08-30 · Internet · 16 min read
10 Websites Better Than Another Hour of Doomscrolling
Ten overlooked corners of the web filled with old maps, forgotten photographs, field recordings, court records and people building things for no algorithm at all.
2026-08-28 · Projects · 5 min read
Mouzi 0.1.6: it updates itself now, and a user caught a comma bug the same day
Mouzi 0.1.6 adds a working auto-updater, sends deletions to the Recycle Bin, and handles extensionless files. A user caught a trailing-comma bug the same day it shipped.
2026-08-25 · Security · 9 min read
A Security Scanner Gave My Open Source Project a Trust Score of 1
Mouzi was open source, local-only and still labelled malicious by several reputation services. Here is how I investigated the warnings, appealed them and watched the score climb from 1 to 80.
2026-08-21 · Dev · 15 min read
Chrome Web Store Reviews Are Changing: What Extension Developers Need to Know
Chrome is changing extension reviews, publication limits, ratings and the Featured badge. Here is what the 2026 update means for developers.
2026-08-20 · SEO · 15 min read
Google's August 2026 Spam Update: Do Not Rewrite Your Site Yet
Google has started another global spam update and said almost nothing about what changed. Here is what the announcement confirms, what it does not, and how to investigate a traffic drop without making it worse.