James against the machineSep 24, 2024

Giant Corporations™ are scraping my little git server to feed their ever-hungry, planet-destroying plagiarism machines.

So now, instead of getting my code, they get a 10GB treat.

Fucking THIEVES.

edit: This was inspired-by-and-based-on this post https://rknight.me/blog/blocking-bots-with-nginx/

Blocking Bots with Nginx

How I've automated updating the bot list to block access to my site

Show threadJérémy LecourSep 24, 2024
@j @nixCraft As much as I love the idea of dumping shit in their garden it will cost a lot to Hetzner and transit/storage all the way down. A simple http header (418, 410 or 403) would achieve the same “fuck off” but at a much lower cost. Just my 2 cts.
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@jlecour @j @nixCraft

If routing bots is a cost to be avoided then just stop routing their bullshit. If you're not managing the routing then it's better to give routing a boot by giving them crap back for routing the crap to you in the first place.

Sep 24, 2024 at 8:36amWeb