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Cool site! I'm having a lot of fun. However, I was confused by this flow:

After clicking the 'Add It!' link: http://drktd.com/8Iaf

The wording on the previous page had me expecting a page for manually adding technologies to my site's stack a la Bagcheck.com.

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Ah! This is a feature that I plan to add. Do you want to select technologies from a list, or write free-form text about your technology stack?

I'd like to suggest avoiding manual additions of technology for as long as possible. Focus on adding more ways to match specific technologies. After all, a site could always advertise more technologies in server headers or meta generator tags.

What if we propose an extension to humans.txt called technologies.txt where a site can self-describe their stack?

A mechanism for sites themselves to advertise their stack seems like a great idea (though I'd prefer it not occur via fixed URLs like humans.txt or robots.txt, but via headers or meta tags). I'd just suggest not allowing arbitrary additions to a site's stack without any way to verify them.

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