I rebuilt my blog's cache. Bots are the audience now
6 hours ago
- #web development
- #AI tools
- #HTTP caching
- HTTP caching became understandable with AI assistance, allowing proper implementation after years of confusion.
- AI tools helped clarify caching concepts, enabling a coherent strategy for a personal blog using Cloudflare and Ghost.
- Crawlers and AI systems now drive much traffic, making caching crucial for cost, latency, and machine readership reliability.
- An afternoon with Claude transformed opaque caching knowledge into a clear, manageable strategy for edge and browser behavior.
- The shift from human-focused to machine-focused audience reframed caching as infrastructure rather than just performance optimization.