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I mean this without any derision: who cares? There’s nothing wrong with building something for a niche audience. Yes, if we were evaluating it as a business or

I mean this without any derision: who cares? There’s nothing wrong with building something for a niche audience. Yes, if we were evaluating it as a business or government website, we could point out usability and accessibility issues with the design. But it’s not any of those things; it’s OP’s personal homepage, and they seem pretty happy with it. See also: An App Can Be a Home Cooked Meal https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/home-cooked-app/ https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/home-cooked-app/

graemep 2y ago
I agree there is no problem building something like this if your aim is to either please yourself, or to reach a niche audience. I have a webapp that only I use. Most information websites (even things like personal blogs) are trying to reach a wider audience, so its not what most people should be doing.
- jakelazaroff 2y ago
  I don’t know about that! A lot of my blog posts are pretty technical, and intended for a narrower audience than “people who understand how to use a CLI”. One of the best bits of writing advice I’ve seen is that you should write with one specific person in mind — like, an actual human being you know — which helps you prevent yourself from going too broad or too deep. Obviously a homepage is not a blog post and the goal there is different. But OP gets to decide what that goal is — and again, they seem pretty happy with how it turned out!
  - graemep 2y ago
    > A lot of my blog posts are pretty technical, and intended for a narrower audience than “people who understand how to use a CLI”. Yes, it depends on what your aims are. If you have unusual aims youc an do unusual things.
- joshmanders 2y ago
  Author of "I lost my love for the web" post. I'd just like to say this line, is exactly what I was talking about. > Most information websites (even things like personal blogs) are trying to reach a wider audience, so its not what most people should be doing. You don't find value in how op created his website so now you are here, telling them they shouldn't be doing it that way.
  - graemep 2y ago
    No, I am am saying that 1) I prefer sites that do not require JS and 2) its not what most sites should do given their aims.
    - joshmanders 2y ago
      And you're proving my point. Why can't he just make it how he wants? Not every website on the internet should follow how YOU or MOST sites should do.
      - krapp 2y ago
        He can. Literally no one is stopping anyone from building a website however they like. No one is putting a gun to anyone's head and forcing them to use a framework or a SPA. All of that is intended for enterprise and business anyway. Use JQuery and a simple grid if you want. Or just plain HTML. Or run off to geminispace and scream into the void. Yes, people will criticize. Unfortunately you can't stop people from criticizing. That's no reason to just give up, that's just life.
        joshmanders 2y ago
        > Unfortunately you can't stop people from criticizing. Yes you can. Instead of ignoring it signaling that their criticism was acceptable, you can push back on it and remind them it's irrelevant and unwanted and they should probably just keep it to themselves. Then more people will maybe stop and think before deciding to blast someone for not following some arbitrary rules you made up in your own head for how someone else should build websites and apps.

graemep 2y ago

I agree there is no problem building something like this if your aim is to either please yourself, or to reach a niche audience. I have a webapp that only I use. Most information websites (even things like personal blogs) are trying to reach a wider audience, so its not what most people should be doing.

jakelazaroff 2y ago
I don’t know about that! A lot of my blog posts are pretty technical, and intended for a narrower audience than “people who understand how to use a CLI”. One of the best bits of writing advice I’ve seen is that you should write with one specific person in mind — like, an actual human being you know — which helps you prevent yourself from going too broad or too deep. Obviously a homepage is not a blog post and the goal there is different. But OP gets to decide what that goal is — and again, they seem pretty happy with how it turned out!
- graemep 2y ago
  > A lot of my blog posts are pretty technical, and intended for a narrower audience than “people who understand how to use a CLI”. Yes, it depends on what your aims are. If you have unusual aims youc an do unusual things.
joshmanders 2y ago
Author of "I lost my love for the web" post. I'd just like to say this line, is exactly what I was talking about. > Most information websites (even things like personal blogs) are trying to reach a wider audience, so its not what most people should be doing. You don't find value in how op created his website so now you are here, telling them they shouldn't be doing it that way.
- graemep 2y ago
  No, I am am saying that 1) I prefer sites that do not require JS and 2) its not what most sites should do given their aims.
  - joshmanders 2y ago
    And you're proving my point. Why can't he just make it how he wants? Not every website on the internet should follow how YOU or MOST sites should do.
    - krapp 2y ago
      He can. Literally no one is stopping anyone from building a website however they like. No one is putting a gun to anyone's head and forcing them to use a framework or a SPA. All of that is intended for enterprise and business anyway. Use JQuery and a simple grid if you want. Or just plain HTML. Or run off to geminispace and scream into the void. Yes, people will criticize. Unfortunately you can't stop people from criticizing. That's no reason to just give up, that's just life.
      - joshmanders 2y ago
        > Unfortunately you can't stop people from criticizing. Yes you can. Instead of ignoring it signaling that their criticism was acceptable, you can push back on it and remind them it's irrelevant and unwanted and they should probably just keep it to themselves. Then more people will maybe stop and think before deciding to blast someone for not following some arbitrary rules you made up in your own head for how someone else should build websites and apps.