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podnod 0.1.110 — keeping podnod.eu fast

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podnod 0.1.110 is out. on podnod.eu, new defenses are now live to block relentless scraping bots from degrading the site for real users.

on podnod.eu

automated scrapers have been probing podnod.eu since the very first hour we went live. what started as background noise has steadily escalated into heavy, aggressive load. lately, these bots have gone as far as masking their traffic through residential networks and spinning up headless chrome and firefox instances to bypass basic blocks. this forced our hand: the website now actively checks that it is talking to a human before loading pages or submitting forms.

  • for regular use, you will barely notice it. occasionally a brief check screen may appear and clear automatically without making you click puzzles.
  • the verification also protects key actions like signing in, creating an account, resetting your password, entering a 2fa code, or adding a show.
  • we updated the privacy page to explain exactly what this check inspects and what data is kept.

the desktop app updates itself, the phone apps come through the app store and google play, podnod.eu is already up to date, and podnod.eu/apps has the downloads.