it's a mother*&#@ing website
pardon my french. ;P i am, of course, talking about this mother*&#@ing website.
my friends on the indie web have talked about it, as well as its derivatives. they are simple sites with simple markdown and layout that take shots at modern webpage design and how... bloated they've become. and you know what? they're right. they're rather hostile about it, but they're right.
website designs don't have to be complicated. i built my site using bear because i wanted it to be simple, no-frills, easy to navigate, and good-looking no matter where you access it from. whether it's a high-spec PC, a potato laptop, or your smartphone. you shouldn't have to worry about your device's specs to access the world wide web. i may be a visual artist, but webpage design is an art, too. and some webpage designers are... bad artists.
when modern websites are loaded with javascripts and trackers, leading to long loading times just for text, pop-ups asking you to disable your ad blocker or subscribe to their email list, videos auto-playing in the corner, and ads in the middle of articles... i weep. it's an intrusive design that only serves to frustrate us netizens. and to an artistic eye, it's an eyesore. even straw page, a simple drag-and-drop website builder that i used to use, is filled to the brim with javascript. why? such unnecessary details.
if you, the reader, are thinking of designing your own website, there are some things you should know: keep it simple, keep it concise, and for the love of pete, just use HTML and CSS. host it on a simple hosting service like neocities, nekoweb, or, of course, bear. ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
don't overthink it. don't be so flashy and fancy. just build a mother*&#@ing website.