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In 2008 I wrote "WordPress SEO: the definitive guide." Eighteen years later, this is the Astro version. The full SEO stack: linked JSON-LD graphs, per-collection sitemaps, auto-generated OG images, IndexNow, schema endpoints for agent discovery, and why keyphrase optimization matters less than you think.
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Agent Skills install as loose folders. There's no npm, no registry, no daemon checking for updates. I shipped a new version of a skill and realized I had no way of telling the users still running the old one. So I taught the skills to notice — and then to update themselves.
The SEO Framework analyzed 180,000 AI bot requests and found zero llms.txt lookups. Their conclusion: not worth implementing. That conclusion reveals a misunderstanding of how web standards work, and a willingness to only pick sides after the debate is settled.
In 2008 I wrote "WordPress SEO: the definitive guide." Eighteen years later, this is the Astro version. The full SEO stack: linked JSON-LD graphs, per-collection sitemaps, auto-generated OG images, IndexNow, schema endpoints for agent discovery, and why keyphrase optimization matters less than you think.
I've been arguing that the next open web needs machine-readable architecture. So I built a piece: seo-graph, a schema.org JSON-LD graph engine that now powers four sites and a CMS plugin. Built in a single session with Claude Code.
Anil Dash calls it the endgame for the open web, and he's right. But the structural collapse has already started. The indie web is mostly gone, the winners have already left, and defense alone won't fix it. The question isn't how to protect what remains. It's what to build next.
WordPress's deepest problems aren't cosmetic, they're architectural. The responses to EmDash from Matt Mullenweg, Hendrik Luehrsen, and Brian Coords crystallize what needs to change: the data model, content storage, and plugin permissions.
Cloudflare just launched EmDash, a CMS designed for how we actually build in 2026: AI agents, structured content, edge deployment. Here's why it matters.
I built an AI-powered Q&A feature that lets you ask questions about anything I've written. Here's how it works, and why I built it on Cloudflare Workers AI.
For twenty years, wanting a website meant needing a CMS. That's no longer true. The real question people ask now is simpler: how do I get my content on the web?
If you were around for early SEO, the current AI-content wave should feel familiar. The difference is speed: what used to take years now takes weeks.
Over the past year, we, Karim & Joost, have written and talked extensively about the challenges facing WordPress. We’ve been critical. At times, very critical.
I’ve been playing with OpenClaw a lot, and I’m using Obsidian intensely with it. All my processes and even my OpenClaw’s core files live in my Obsidian vault. I