I think the smile and shrug strategy is the best option here! Just think of it as affirming, since he doesn’t recognize you at all.

There are many places on Earth where DNS servers have high latency, low bandwidth, and intermittent connectivity, yet still function fine. It’s already a solved problem.

Nothing would stop you from running a DNS server on Mars and handling requests locally.

The prompt engineering article has 61 sources. Why should it not exist? What’s your source for that?

If the vibe coding article violates the rules, nominate it for deletion and cite the rules then.