So LWN.net (npub1nen…n3ve) is currently under the heaviest scraper attack seen yet. It is a DDOS attack involving tens of thousands of addresses, and that is affecting the responsiveness of the site, unfortunately.
There are many things I would like to do with my time. Defending LWN from AI shitheads is rather far from the top of that list. I *really* don't want to put obstacles between LWN and its readers, but it may come to that.
(Another grumpy day, sorry)
Jonathan Corbet
npub1gu…kcl6w
2026-01-15 18:51:17 UTC
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