Sprinklz.io developer traces HN-linked slowdown to AI bot traffic
Overview
After a Hacker News post, the Sprinklz.io developer says the site slowed down, and logs showed nearly half of requests came from one user running an AI-summary service that repeatedly polled the site.
The developer blocked that client, added robots.txt rules and rate limits, and says most of the requests never ran the page's JavaScript.
The account comes from a single developer's post, and the report does not include independent traffic data.
Written by AI from the articles below · updated Oct 13, 4:19 PM ET
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- Hacker News · AI (150+ points)BlogI posted to HN, and then my website was flooded with AI bot traffic
AISprinklz.io developer says a Hacker News post drove slow site performance, and logs showed nearly half of requests came from one user running an AI-summary service that repeatedly polled the site. The developer blocked that client, added robots.txt rules and rate limits, and says a majority of requests never ran the page's JavaScript.
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