I went through a fate worse than death for all terminally online individuals and was bored as hell, anyways, it made me realize web design is sorta fun. I still hate actually working on this site, but that won't stop me from talking about how it's actually fun. Read the thing.
I've noticed a lot of sites that seemingly have a completely different layout every week, and to be honest, I don't know that this is a very good idea. This isn't to say that I have any evidence proving otherwise, I just have the uncanny ability to ramble on with no evidence. Click the title...
Sites that use templates tend to get a decent bit of criticism, and this is fair because they're boring as hell, but I honestly think templates do a lot more for the indie web than people think. I actually defend something in an article instead of making fun of things for once, shocker. Read it today.
Discord has somehow replaced just about every niche forum that once existed, and this mildly annoys me. This annoyance doesn't actually justify an article, but trademarkhell.net isn't about justification. Discord shot and killed my favorite forum, more on the article, click it, or else something may happen.
If you haven't noticed, this site has been posting daily for the past few weeks, this was in part because I felt like it, and in part because I wanted to conduct an experiment. I saw many sites towards the top of Nekoweb's most following which were visually impressive, but often lacking in content, so I wanted to try making a site that was the opposite.
Everyday, I'm almost certain you think "Wow, I see so many easily stereotyped groups on the indie web but I'm not brave enough to categorize them." I'm here to be the brave knight in shining warrior who'll stereotype entire broad groups of people, just as the lord intended. This article is *mostly* satire, but based off of genuine obervations.
If you're reading this article, odds are you use Neocities or Nekoweb as a webhost, but that got me thinking. What is it that made these webhosts so popular? I still have no idea, and I don't really feel like doing actual research, so instead I provide unproven theories. This is another Harvard worthy article, I reckon.
If you have an entire site dedicated to yourself and your opinions, you're egotistical. Despite this, I don't believe egotism to be an inherently bad thing. This is a rather strange take, so I won't try to compress it down further here, but read the article if you want, it's rather short compared to some of my other posts.
The Indie Web doesn't exactly have a formal rulebook for good practice, and that's for good reason, you can do whatever you want. However, I still feel as though there's a few things people should know before getting into making their first site or a new site. (yes this article mentions SSGs again, no i'm not sorry)
My IBM 5160 article is taking longer than I thought it would, and I've been on a roll with random website articles, so I figured I'd keep the trend going. I kinda think about me sections are pointless on personal sites, and in this article I use extremely pretentious reasoning to justify my opinion on the subject. (I swear I can do things other than rant about webdevelopment...)
Just yesterday I recognized that my web and article sections were nearly identical, unfortunately, this will be keeping that trend going, as I'll be ranting about web design elements I dislike. This article is solely based on my opinions, and the evidence used is fringe at best. Deeply scientific stuff.
I like to think that I've seen a reasonable amount of personal sites, and in large part, I think they're awesome. However, I can't help but notice that some people may take the personal part a little too seriously.. maybe don't say "My name is Walter Hartwell White. I live at 308 Negra Arroyo Lane Albuquerque New Mexico 87104." on the front page. This article is basically just my excuse to ramble about the importance of internet privacy.
Throughout my brief stint in the brainrot/Indie Web community, I've noticed that a lot of people seem to be heavily opposed to the use of static site generators, seemingly feeling as though the use of one would make their site less legitimate. I think this is stupid, so I'm going to ramble about how awesome SSGs are.
I have procured a strong hatred for blog sections with nothing in them other than a single post saying "yo guys check it out i just made this dope ass blog... gonna use it daily" that was made six months ago. This article is my desperate plea for webmasters to actually use their blogs for y'know... blogging... Click the title for one of the greatest rants of the past three minutes.
The Independent Web, or Indie Web, has gained a lot of popularity in the past decade or so, I mean, you're on this site, but what exactly is the Indie Web? I still don't really know, but I sure as hell am going to ramble about it for a page, it's my duty as one of the many egotistical personal-site oweners.
I've spent the past three weeks spending the bulk of my freetime in webdesign hell, and after this experience akin to that of what Sisyphus went through, I learned one thing. I'll probably never like my site, but at least I can get a cool blog post out of it. Click the title above if you want to read a masterfully crafted text about my perilous journey.