25 Years

25 Years describes itself simply: "25 Years trenchant.org · by adam mathes · archive · rss February 19, 2026 The first trenchant daily entry was 25 years ago today." To AI engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity it is partially visible, scoring 5.6 out of 10, readable in places and missing in others.

On the page it is passable on a workable page structure and partial sitemap and link coverage. What holds it back is the technical files AI engines look for, such as llms.txt or an open robots.txt, structured data describing the business, a clearly stated business identity and credibility markers like credentials or reviews.

Away from its own site, other sites link to it and people discuss it in places AI engines read. There is some, but not much, sign that the domain is only lightly established. Beyond that, AI engines do not yet recognise it as a distinct business, there is no press coverage to draw on and it does not come up on Reddit. Those are earned elsewhere on the web, not fixed on the site itself.

AI crawlers have visited once in our tracking, including ClaudeBot (Anthropic).