Fix spider trap: disable SPA mode, remove index files, relax wiki-links (#290)
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## Summary

Fixes the Facebook crawler spider trap that's been generating infinite recursive URLs like `/how-to/tutorials/tutorials/how-to/explanation/...` for several days.

**Root cause:** Quartz SPA mode + nginx `try_files` fallback to `index.html` meant any fabricated URL returned the root HTML shell with HTTP 200. Crawlers followed relative links from those fake URLs, creating infinite recursion.

**Fix:**
- Disable Quartz SPA mode (`enableSPA: false`) — all pages are now fully static HTML
- Replace nginx SPA fallback with `=404` + Quartz's static `404.html`
- Remove `robots.txt` exclusions (no longer needed)

**Docs cleanup (Obsidian.nvim compat no longer needed):**
- Delete hand-curated category index files (`tutorials.md`, `reference.md`, `how-to.md`, `explanation.md`) — Quartz auto-generates folder pages
- Delete `postgresql-storage.md` (redirect stub) and `migrate-forgejo-from-brew.md` (stale history)
- Drop `docs-check-index` and `docs-check-filenames` prek hooks
- Rewrite `docs-check-links` to allow path-based wiki-links (`[[path/to/file]]`) and only error on true ambiguity
- Add `ai-docs` doc tree listing to replace index files for AI context
- Add natural cross-links from reference cards to fix orphan docs

## Deployment and Testing

- [ ] Merge and let the build pipeline run
- [ ] Verify docs.eblu.me serves pages correctly with full page loads
- [ ] Verify non-existent URLs return 404
- [ ] Monitor crawler traffic — should drop to near zero for fabricated URLs

Reviewed-on: #290
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Erich Blume 2026-03-09 11:59:43 -07:00
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| Task | Description |
|------|-------------|
| `ai-docs` | Prime AI context with key documentation |
| `docs-check-filenames` | Detect duplicate filenames in documentation |
| `ai-docs` | Prime AI context with key documentation and doc tree |
| `docs-check-frontmatter` | Check required frontmatter fields |
| `docs-check-index` | Check every doc is referenced in its category index |
| `docs-check-links` | Validate wiki-links point to existing filenames |
| `docs-check-links` | Validate wiki-links resolve correctly (supports path-based links) |
| `docs-mikado` | View active Mikado dependency chains (C2 changes) |
| `docs-review` | Review the most stale doc by `last-reviewed` date |
| `docs-review-stale` | Report docs by last-modified date |