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> Why isn't the internet more fun and weird?

Because everything is complicated now. To code your own website you have to learn hundreds of hours of web technologies. There is no clear way and a lot of old, now wrong, advice in old blog posts. This limits the creativity that can be expressed a lot and is probably the main reason why "everyone" is now using "platforms".

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I disagree. its no harder to program today than it was 15 years ago. in fact it is easier. its less meaningful....less satisfying....and has been eroded by copy-cats and everyone spinning up a product instead of a passion project.

I created my static site with scripting, CSS, and HTML skills from the 1990s, an oughties Comp Sci degree, and w3cschools. HTML5 makes it scary easy to make a pretty site which works on a wide range of screens (no more full-width columns of black text on a white background!)

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