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Ask HN: dev.txt, a robots.txt/humans.txt for tech stack - what do you think?
When we see a website/platform we like, we devs always wonder: what is it built on? Often we check out the source looking for traces, etc. Sometimes we pollute the UI with all that 'powered by' braggadoccio (guilty as charged). Maybe we should adapt a loose standard file similar to robots.txt and humans.txt, let's call it dev.txt where we'd list the tech stack for the curious. Example: http://zalew.net/dev.txt
What do you think?
- paulhauggis 15y agoI suppose, but doesn't this give potential hackers one more piece of information?
- zalew 15y agoObviously you don't have to list the details you don't feel comfortable with or the ones that could be a potential threat. btw http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_through_obscurity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_through_obscurity
- vineet 15y agoI would like to see it. It reminds me of the SourceMap work that was on HN just yesterday. Anyway, I am not sure how this site works - but I find it helpful: http://builtwith.com/ http://builtwith.com/
- zalew 15y agoyeah, there was also a similar extension for FF, but it all checks only the frontend