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Ask HN: Is the web for machines (/llm.txt) the one we wished we had as humans?

A developer reports manually adding `/llm.txt` to websites to access clear, marketing-free content originally designed for AI models, bypassing the standard heavy web. The user notes that while this format offers the simplicity of Gopher and Gemini, web browsers like Chrome fail to render the markdown. The question emerges whether the AI revolution could inadvertently restore a cleaner, more human-friendly web.

read1 min publishedJun 5, 2026

| |||||||||||| 2 points by | I got really tired, as a human, of parsing the standard marketing heavy web we have today. I've always loved the simplicity of gopher and gemini web. Recently I found myself manually adding /llm.txt to most websites I visit because I find the content for LLMs strait to the point and clear. The only annoyance is web browsers like chrome do not render the markdown. So could the AI revolution actually fix the web for humans as a side effect? Do you find yourself doing the same? | ||||||||||| |

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