Ancestors

Written by Aaron on 2025-01-14 at 22:58

• KICKS DOOR DOWN*

Hey everyone! Hate AI web crawlers? Have some spare CPU cycles you want to use to punish them?

Meet Nepenthes!

https://zadzmo.org/code/nepenthes

This little guy runs nicely on low power hardware, and generates an infinite maze of what appear to be static files with no exit links. Web crawlers will merrily hop right in and just .... get stuck in there! Optional randomized delay to waste their time and conserve your CPU, optional markovbabble to poison large language models.

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Written by Aaron on 2025-01-14 at 23:11

The software gets it's name from a genus of carnivorous pitcher plants with a climbing vine-like growth habit and often vividly colored traps to consume insects. They were popular in Victorian times as decoration in greenhouse.

He's one of mine, a hybrid cultivar. (This is almost #bloomscrolling )

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Toot

Written by Irenes (many) on 2025-01-16 at 10:49

@aaron what a gorgeous plant :)

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