Extra fun nginx thing: don't use 403, use 444.
That's a nginx special response that doesn't actually send anything back, it just drops the connection and moves on.
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robots.txtis a bit like asking bots to not visit my site; with.htaccess, you’re not asking
My robots.txt has definitely only partially helped. I'll have to see if I can do the same with my Caddy setup.