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What I take away from this is the idea of each post having its own identity and feel (each post with its own unique stylesheet). Contrast to a blogging platform
by wildrhythms 7y ago
What I take away from this is the idea of each post having its own identity and feel (each post with its own unique stylesheet). Contrast to a blogging platform like Wordpress or a SSG like Jekyll where every post is generally formatted and styled exactly the same way. The author's blog posts are now these unique time capsules.
Obviously a blog at scale isn't going to do this, but I do think there's value in what the author is trying- where each post is styled and formatted independently with care instead of unceremoniously dumped in with a one-size-fits-all stylesheet.
- methodin 7y agoTo what end? The inevitable outcome is that you have a hodge-podge of HTML and styles and if you want to replicate one you have to backtrack through a plethora of random posts to find the one that implemented it. I see zero value in a time capsule because it's not one. If he crafted every page from scratch - maybe, but to his own credit he's copy and pasting. That's nothing to aspire to.