build1 distinct publisher
Three files, three contracts: robots.txt, sitemap.xml and llms.txt are not rivals
A dev.to explainer redraws the boundary most comparisons blur: access policy, crawl map, reading brief. Conflating them is how teams block themselves or expose what they meant to hide.
Publishers:dev.to
Reality
- Evidence38
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap+8
- Incentives
- Insufficient
- Confidence45