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Clive Thompson @clivethompson.bsky.social · Aug 5

behold the "HTML bomb"

It's a counterattack for AI companies that persistently scrape and rescrape your web site, even when you tell them not to

when a scraper grabs it, it becomes a 10-gig HTML page and 💣 goes the scraper

Item #6 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter: buttondown.com/clivethompso...

A Chrome browser error page displays the familiar “Aw, Snap!” message, indicating that something went wrong while loading a webpage. A pixelated frowning file icon with Xs for eyes appears at the top left. Below, the error code reads “Out of Memory,” suggesting the browser ran out of system resources. The page includes a “Reload” button in blue on the bottom right

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Krešimir Končić @kreshomir.bsky.social · Jul 31

Wrote a small piece on current #AIcrawling problem. From
@cloudflare.social "labyrinth" to Ache's "HTML Bomb" - it really seems we're entering into a "crawl war" era of the web. www.neuralab.net/creative-def...

Creative Defense Against AI Crawlers: From Labyrinth to HTML Bombs - Neuralab

In the ongoing battle between web platforms and AI training crawlers, developers are crafting ingenious defensive mechanisms. While traditional robots.txt files served as an agreement between websites...

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Krešimir Končić @kreshomir.bsky.social · Jun 27

Nova kolumna za @netokracija.bsky.social feat. Empire of the AI by @karenhao.bsky.social + The AI Con by @emilymbender.bsky.social @alexhanna.bsky.social

Netokracija Hrvatska @netokracija.bsky.social · Jun 26

Novopečeni AI eksperti otkrivaju toplu SEO vodu i prodaju decenijama godina stare WhiteHat taktike, piše Krešimir Končić (Neuralab).

Kako se postaviti i kako prebroditi ovo staro-novo doomsday razdoblje, pročitajte!

Dani Marketinškog Podzemlja

Vodič za preživljavanje u svijetu buzzword smoga - iliti zašto propitivanje Agentic, Vibe, AEO i sličnih AI bajki čini internet boljim mjestom.

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Netokracija Hrvatska @netokracija.bsky.social · Jun 17

Krešimir Končić, Bruno Zagorščak i Karlo Štefčić iz Neuralaba donose podroban izvještaj s WordCamp Europe u Baselu.

Dubinski uvid u WP svijet s WordCampa: Drama se rasplamsava, hosting, tooling i omnichannel vrijede zlata

WordCamp Europe 2025 u Baselu pokazao je da WordPress nije samo alat, nego platforma koja odgovara na globalne izazove. Ekipa iz Neuralaba donosi nam pregled najvažnijih tema, tehnoloških noviteta i d...

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Krešimir Končić @kreshomir.bsky.social · Jun 12

#WordPress is slowly suiting up and leaving its punk roots behind. Bruno posits that the raw, community-first energy is being replaced by polished booths & enterprise roadmaps. But is that the full story? www.neuralab.net/wordcamp-bas...

WordCamp Basel 2025 re-cap: Looking for wiener schnitzels in a sea of noodles - Neuralab

WordCamp Europe 2025 in Basel showcased WordPress at its most mature and strategic. The event brought together 1,723 professionals from 84 countries for essential discussions on accessibility implemen...

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Krešimir Končić @kreshomir.bsky.social · May 9

2/2 p.s. there's a thing in music industry called the #GearAcquisitionSyndrome. It's when musicians are piling up all the tools, bells, whistles, instruments, synths, pedals, whatnot; and then waste all the creative time in gluing all of these to work together - instead of making music.

Krešimir Končić @kreshomir.bsky.social · May 9

1/2 The decline of #Headless #WordPress gives me hope for humanity. Few tech narratives have been as dumb and unproductive as this one 🙄 Source: @humanmade.com soewp.com

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Apr 28

Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47

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Clive Thompson @clivethompson.bsky.social · Apr 8

The folks at keyboard.io make high-end ergonomic keyboards

they just wrote an open letter about how the tariffs could crush their business

"Making keyboards is intrinsically a cross-border activity" -- china makes the keyswitches, and they ship wood to china

shop.keyboard.io/blogs/news/a...

A "split" keyboard sitting on a desk. The base of the keyboard is an attractive dark-brown wood, and the keys are black, with deep curved divots on top. The keyboard is split into two pieces -- the left-hand part of the QWERTY key layout on the left, and the right-hand part on the right. There is also a trackball mouse, cup of coffee, and set of headphones next to it. Overall it looks like a pretty sweet, de luxe and ergonomic workstation!

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Krešimir Končić @kreshomir.bsky.social · Apr 8

Pythagora adsi što podbadaju hrv IT me podsjetio na tekst "Što su nam skrivile hrvatske digitalne agencije". Mislio sam da smo napustili lejm mitove; no hello 2025 gdje LLM wraper tvrdi da (za razliku od Porshea Microblinka Infinuma) mijenja budućnost techa 🤣 🤣 www.netokracija.com/hrvatske-dig...

Krešimir Končić @kreshomir.bsky.social · Apr 3

😅

Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · Apr 3

Marc Thiessen has possibly the worst take/excuse for this bit of inexcusable incompetence and obvious attempt to avoid accountability, which is no surprise to anyone who is familiar with the inexcusable incompetence of Marc Thiessen.

Krešimir Končić @kreshomir.bsky.social · Apr 2

In this special #Woobinar episode, our powerhouse trio: Lana, Martina, and Patricija - join forces with Monika from Profil Klett to talk about what it really means to be a woman navigating the tech space 👇

www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1Hn...

Debugging gender bias - Neuralab Woobinar w. Profil Klett

YouTube video by Neuralab

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · Mar 31

Basically @reidhoffman.bsky.social is sane and the other guy not so much

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Krešimir Končić @kreshomir.bsky.social · Mar 31

Malo fotki sa zadnjeg #WordPress meetup @ @infobip.bsky.social . Full text ovdje > www.neuralab.net/highlights-f...

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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · Mar 25

EXPLORER 1: what should we name this new land we found

EXPLORER 2: how bout Newfoundland

EXPLORER 1: damn that’s fucken good

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Krešimir Končić @kreshomir.bsky.social · Mar 26

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Gary Marcus @garymarcus.bsky.social · Mar 26

“Can you draw a photorealistic beach with no elephants?”

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Krešimir Končić @kreshomir.bsky.social · Mar 21

New #NeuralabTour dates just landed - and the events are all 🔥

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Ivo Špigel @ivospigel.bsky.social · Mar 17

Thanks for this gem @mikebutcher.bsky.social

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Krešimir Končić @kreshomir.bsky.social · Mar 18

Super Nintendo's like a fine wine 👌

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · Mar 14

Tesla is in big trouble. Sales are plummeting and consumers are boycotting the brand as Elon Musk champions far-right politics.

But the CEO’s reputation isn’t the only problem. He’s also made a series of bad business decisions that are coming back to haunt the automaker.

Elon Musk is running Tesla into the ground

His far-right politics aren’t the automaker’s only problem

www.disconnect.blog

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Krešimir Končić @kreshomir.bsky.social · Mar 15

You need to take into account that both podcasts and audiobooks have started to muddle the long-form content pie. In short, I don't buy that people are ingesting less of long-forms; it's just that the medium and form is now more puzzling

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Krešimir Končić @kreshomir.bsky.social · Mar 13

The beginning of 2025 is of to a good start - for #WordPress anyways 🙃 www.meetup.com/zagreb-wordp...

17th Zagreb WordPress Meetup, Fri, Mar 21, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup

We're kicking off our first in-person meetup of 2025 with two exciting talks! We'll dive into the world of animations and WordPress Playground. Besides the presentations, y

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Krešimir Končić @kreshomir.bsky.social · Mar 12

Oh ok, so these are "obfuscated identity devs"; not fake devs per se. My first thought that these were just to waste time to HR; but I see your point now.

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Krešimir Končić @kreshomir.bsky.social · Mar 12

I'm puzzled here. What's the endgame for these fake dev candidates?

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