Modern Motherfucking Website
13 hours ago
- Modern web development is over-engineered; simple tasks like putting a paragraph on screen require hundreds of dependencies.
- HTML has built-in semantic elements (e.g., <nav>, <main>, <article>, <aside>, <footer>) that improve accessibility without JavaScript.
- Native widgets like <details>, <dialog>, and popover work across browsers without a component library.
- JSON-LD structured data is just a <script> tag with JSON, eliminating the need for SEO plugins.
- Open Graph and Twitter card meta tags are simple <meta> tags for social sharing, no extra integration needed.
- Resource hints (<link rel="preconnect", preload, etc.) and speculation rules enable performance optimizations natively.
- Modern image formats (AVIF, WebP) can be served via <picture> with <source> tags, no build system required.
- Many claimed 'framework benefits' (e.g., accessibility, responsive images, dark mode) are already browser features accessible with plain HTML and CSS.
- For simple sites (blogs, marketing pages), a single HTML file suffices; only real applications need frameworks.
- The entire page (except external assets) is a 23 KB HTML file with zero dependencies, deployable by copying to a server.