We've reached the point where we're having to actively degrade the UI and remove useful features of the small scientific database I co-maintain (xronos.ch) to try and reduce the extreme load imposed by (unwanted and politely-asked-to-go-away) AI crawler bots. Conversations about new features have to ask whether it's going to make the crawler load problem worse.

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We're live ! The website announcing the Fair Tech Summit Europe for 2026 is online: fairtechsummit.org/ It will take place in Luxembourg on 6 October 2026 and will be for everyone in Europe who's actively building open, ethical and independent technology.

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