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I've been trying to figure out why some businesses get recommended by ChatGPT/Perplexity and others don't. It turns out, traditional SEO isn't enough anymore. You need AIO (AI Optimization).

I organized everything I learned into a structured guide called "The AIO Playbook."

It covers everything from fixing your robots.txt to let AI crawlers in, to building a "Consensus of Facts" across platforms like Wikidata and Crunchbase so the AI trusts your brand.

It’s pretty technical but broken down into simple steps. Hope this helps anyone trying to market their small business in 2026.

I asked Manus AI (the invite-only agent that sells for $20K on secondary markets) to create its own open-source alternative. The result is ANUS (Autonomous Networked Utility System), a complete AI agent framework with architecture, documentation, and tooling - 100% designed and coded by AI. My role? I wrote the prompt and used Cursor to push to GitHub. That's it. The project features hybrid agent architecture, multi-agent collaboration, comprehensive tool integration, and flexible model support. It demonstrates how AI can recursively improve AI tools. Repository: https://github.com/nikmcfly/ANUS I'm interested in the HN community's thoughts on:

Technical aspects of the framework Implications of AI systems building other AI systems What this means for the future of programming

This feels like a significant milestone - when one AI system can create a complete, functional alternative to itself from scratch.

Hey there! We're developing a tool for ChatGPT advanced users. Looking for beta testers. Please subscribe and we will contact you in a few days. Upcoming launch in late January.

let's discuss it in 2042 then :-)

In 1995 Newseek predicted that Internet will fail: “No online database will replace your daily newspaper.”

“Any useful idea about the future should appear to be ridiculous.” — James Dater

I love skeptical predictions. So I made the ultimate list of quotes told to inventors and entrepreneurs about their projects throughout our history.

It feels like an SNL sketch.

yes, but nobody knows how to order a ghost town by mail

Openland is great

Hello! I'm a lead community manager at McFly.aero, thank you for the post. Glad to answer your questions if there are any.

Cheers, Nik Bezhko

Hello HackerNewsers!

I’m Nik, Co-Founder of Trackoji. Our team is happy to launch Trackoji!

Trackoji is a simple and free widget to get feedback from your website’ visitors with emojis. Just customize it, embed on your page and Trackoji will show you the emojional statistics.

Currently, we are working on making the API and looking for our business model.

If you want to see some features or have any questions, we’d appreciate your feedback! Thanks for checking us out!

P.S. In the comments we also collect pre-orders for our Russian dolls matryoshkas in new design, another launch is very soon

P.P.S. Also we are at PH today, of course.