Outcropby Basalt

Research

Studies we run on small software sites: what we checked, how, and what we could not see. Each one is dated, and its aggregate data is published next to it.

Can AI crawlers read small software sites? We checked 1,000 launches

Robots.txt, words without JavaScript, structured data, sitemaps and llms.txt on 1,000 Show HN launch sites, checked on 20 Oct 2026. Aggregate data under CC BY 4.0.

20 Oct 2026