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Show HN: Digital Solitude – A website that only works for one person at a time

https://digitalsolitude.guillaumeslizewicz.com/

Hi HN! I built a small experiment in digital solitude: a website that intentionally fails when more than one person tries to visit it.

The concept is simple - if you're alone, you see the site. If someone else arrives, it breaks for everyone until only one person remains.

An experiment in anti-scalability: genuine digital scarcity without tokens, chains, or ownership records. The server's capacity of one creates exclusivity through architecture rather than artificial economics.

( 1 comment | 2 points | on HN )
Re:Show HN: Digital Solitude – A website that only works for... by zainbahari on Thursday July 24, 2025 @08:10AM (#44669702)
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