On this site’s design
I have devoted way more time than I would like to admit, thinking of how this blog looks and behaves1. It is simple, smooth and minimal, just like I wanted it to be, yet I can not stop thinking that it does not feel that way: It feels more like a remnant of the past2.
It definitely stands out from the norm, embracing a less is more philosophy, implemented through the absence of images and vibrant visuals. I am extremely proud of that, not only because of its practicality, but because of its subjective timelessness.
Fonts really matter and I think that picking this one last year change completely changed the look of the site. It is a welcome change, because this one was actually the only thing I wanted to change for some time but never got around to doing.
At the end of the day, it does not matter if a site does not have vibrant images for every post, or if the plain text format does not really allow for emojis to put some more color. It is beautiful as it is.
After all, we’re chasing simplicity.
Footnotes:
Sadly, I spent much of that time thinking of what other people, especially in the tech field might say of such a brutal and minimalistic blog, without many of the features already present in other personal websites I’ve seen…
And it is, a tribute to older computer forums and websites, to people and groups that inspired me both as a computer geek and as someone interested in keeping safe all that warrants protection.