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A comment on Ask HN: Inspired web designs that aren't overdone, but also not overly-brutalist.

Re:Ask HN: Inspired web designs that aren't overdone, but al... by mg5150 on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @02:38PM (#26093666)
I think this[1] is a good compromise between excessively brutalist websites like the one you mentioned or Zain Amro's site[2] and blogs pretending to be SPAs built with stuff like Bootstrap or Gatsby. Yes, I think React as a static site generator is overkill. But I'm old, and I don't see why a personal website should "appeal to society at large". Society at large isn't paying for domain registration or hosting, and they certainly aren't maintaining the site.

[1] https://bestmotherfucking.website/

[2] https://zainamro.com/

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Re:Ask HN: Inspired web designs that aren't overdone, but al... by asjldkfin on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @03:13PM (#26094080)
Well, keep in mind the ask doesn't relate to personal websites.

I didn't want to put a specific boundary on the type of website, but really, I'm most interested in commercial websites; since they have the most need to strike a balance between appeal and quality engineering.

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