Notes
A collection of notes on technical topics, learning, and knowledge management.
- Botcheck Runbook: Verify AI Crawler Traffic on VercelHow I log Googlebot, GPTBot, ClaudeBot and Perplexity hits from a Vercel site with Go, then verify each against the vendors' published IP ranges.
- When the SEO Audit Is Right and Still UselessAn AI-generated SEO audit flagged title tags and H1s. It never knew the site had migrated to AEM on JavaScript redirects — or what that cost.
- What AI Search Actually Looks Like at a Fortune 500After running real tests — crawl data, vendor POCs, citation audits — here's what's actually useful vs. noise in AI search optimization.
- Why Computers Use a Memory HierarchyUnderstanding why computers need multiple layers of memory from registers to storage, and the SRAM vs DRAM tradeoffs that make it necessary.
- Crime, Punishment, and the NYC TurnstileThoughts on Dostoevsky, New York City, and what happens when everyday moral norms erode before anyone notices.
- Using MDX in AstroAn example of using interactive components in markdown with MDX