About this website

Posted: 2025-02-13

This website is created with HTML and CSS. The code is open-source and can be found at this link.

Why HTML? I have been building commercial web applications for a few years now. Modern web development is very complicated. When you use frameworks, build steps, animations, and all that fancy stuff the website becomes bloated.

This is understandable for dynamic websites that require user input, need to update content dynamically, or need to connect to various servers. But I find it almost funny when people use React/Next.js to build static sites and blogs.

I am not saying simple HTML + CSS is the only correct way to build a static website. But for me, it is definitely the simplest, more enjoyable way.

There is no need to include 100+ node_modules. There is no need to compile anything. There is no fear of libraries becoming outdated. This website will probably look exactly the same in a browser that is 20 years old.

So that is why I chose HTML + CSS to build my own website. This website represents everything I expect from other websites/software I use: lightweight, fast, minimalist, and zero bloat.

This website was inspired by the following websites. This list is by no means exhaustive.

• https://stallman.org/
• https://motherfuckingwebsite.com/
• http://bettermotherfuckingwebsite.com/
• https://devpoga.org/
• https://tinygrad.org/

I will update this list if I find more websites that follow simple HTML appearance.

Got feedback? Open an issue on this website's source code, and I'll get in touch.