Collection · 4 articles
Agent readiness.
Research on whether products are understandable and usable by agents.
Cofounder of Lazyweb (a16z Speedrun). Previously grew subscriptions and built native ads at Duolingo. Writes First1000 (90,000+ subscribers).
original analysis · 2026-09-19
Same-origin scanning missed docs links on 202 YC homepages
On the same 1,515 fresh homepage responses, including other-origin links raises docs/developer matches from 188 to 390 companies, while pricing rises from 374 to 381.
original analysis · 2026-09-19
All 70 YC homepages linking llms.txt had meta descriptions
All 70 homepages advertising llms.txt also expose meta descriptions; 67 have canonical links. A fresh, uncapped comparison with ordinary metadata and on-origin versus offsite discovery.
Original research · 2026-09-20
How to measure agent distribution: a 1,752-row WebMCP census
A passive census of 1,752 YC and Speedrun entries found four native registrations in default Chrome and 23 with experimental features. What those counts establish, and what still needs measurement.
practical-guide · 2026-10-07
How to measure agent traffic without counting the wrong thing
A worksheet for separating crawler requests, page reads, tool use, and verified outcomes.