robots.txt for AI crawlers in 2026: which bots to block, which to allow (copy-paste templates)A lot of sites added a "block all AI bots" robots.txt snippet in 2024 and never looked at it again. The problem: the same snippet often blocks the bots that cite you in ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude 4h ago · 3 min readtanlabs.hashnode.dev
What It Actually Costs to Run an AI Pet Holiday-Portrait Site (Stack, Per-Order Math, and the $4.99 Trap)I'm building PetMagi, a small site where you upload a photo of your dog or cat and get holiday portraits, a short animated clip and a share card back. It's the kind of "small payment, instant digital 1d ago · 6 min readtanlabs.hashnode.dev
Shipping a Browser Game Without an Artist: Cheap Character Art, Store Pages and Share Cards That Don't Look BrokenMost small browser games die in the same place: the code works, but the game still has programmer art, the store page has no proper cover, and the link shared on Discord shows a blank grey card. I jus11d ago · 3 min readtanlabs.hashnode.dev
The 20-Minute Pre-Launch Checklist for Indie Apps and Sites (Share Previews, AI Search, Reviews, Rankings)Launch day goes wrong in boring ways. The link you post on X shows a blank grey card. ChatGPT and Perplexity can't read your landing page, so they never mention you. You find out about the crash every12PD2d ago · 4 min readtanlabs.hashnode.dev
Track Your App's App Store Ranking Every Day (Any Country, Any Category) Without Paying for an ASO Suite"What rank are we in Productivity in Germany today?" sounds like a simple question, but most indie developers answer it by opening the App Store on a phone, scrolling, and guessing. ASO suites answer 2d ago · 4 min readtanlabs.hashnode.dev
