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philipwhiuktoday at 8:59 AM1 replyview on HN

I'm not sure I like `https://domain.com/.well-known/robots.txt` any better frankly


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russellbeattietoday at 9:11 AM

Whoever decided it would be a good idea for ".well-known" to be a "hidden" directory is a complete fool. All it does is provide the opportunity for confusion, misconfiguration, skipped backups, missed git check-ins, forgotten updates and more. Literally the only people a folder like that is hidden from is the whoever is managing the web server.

Sure, if everyone knows what they're doing, it's not a problem. But we all know how long that assumption lasts.

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