221: Machine-First Architecture: The Framework for Building Websites That Work for AI and Humans

221: Machine-First Architecture: The Framework for Building Websites That Work for AI and Humans

From No Hacks: Web Strategy for the AI Age by Slobodan "Sani" Manić

March 25, 2026 · 26 min · Episode 221

About this episode

Sani introduces Machine First Architecture, a framework for building websites that prioritize AI and human interaction.

In 2009, Luke Wroblewski's "mobile first" changed how every website gets built. Start with the harder constraint, and the rest gets better. Now the harder constraint is not a small screen. It's no screen at all. Sani introduces Machine First Architecture, a four-pillar framework covering everything from how you define your business to how machines interact with your website. Identity, structure, content, interaction. In that order. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction: The Mobile First Parallel01:24...

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Host: Slobodan "Sani" Manić

Topics covered

  • Machine-First Architecture
  • website building
  • AI interaction
  • business strategy
  • content structure

Keywords

  • Machine First Architecture
  • AI
  • website design
  • business identity
  • content interaction

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