How AI Scrapers Crashed My Vercel App (And How I...

If you run a public-facing website today, you might have noticed some strange, massive spikes in your traffic. You get excited, thinking your app finally went viral—only to realize it's just AI bots hammering your servers. I recently experienced this exact scenario with my project, Viconic.dev, a platform for finding and sharing icons. Here's the story of how AI crawlers almost took down my site—and how I regained control without losing AI search visibility. 🤖 The "Hug of Death" by AI Bots Initi