A developer frustrated with the modern web's marketing-heavy content discovered that adding /llm.txt to websites provides cleaner, straight-to-point information designed for AI consumption. The author manually visits these endpoints to bypass the cluttered, advertising-filled pages that dominate today's browsing experience.

The post traces how the web has undergone an enshittification cycle over 25 years, evolving from simple text-based information to a complex mix of JavaScript, CSS, and marketing content. The author suggests AI's current utility lies in its ability to extract text/information from this mess.

Now that AI has gained critical mass, the author warns it may follow the same path - starting useful but eventually attracting ads, misinformation, and low-quality content until it becomes unusable, completing the cycle and leaving users searching for the next clean information source.