That's the problem with many young people, they fail to recognize Unix history. Or for how a computer actually works... as long as there's a JVM running in a container inside a virtualized fat server with 128GB RAM, everything is fine.
Minimalism is overrated - that site looks ugly and has nearly no features. Just compare it to the default Pelican look (a static site generator, link below). No doubt which one looks better.
Pelican also has loads of plugins. I wonder where I get more resources for pandoc + make site generation.
Minimalism is underrated imho. Just because is simple, doesn't mean it sucks. Most sites are so full of crap they take minutes to fully load. My point is that you can build a site that covers 90% of your needs in 5 minutes. Wheter typed.pw looks good or bad is a question of taste. I like it, the most important aspect for me is readability anyway. What I absolutely dislike is sites that are too "modern". They mess with the scrollbar, use lightboxes/popups, use the same color for normal text and links, make textfields almost indistinguishable from the rest of the page, etc.
My main point is that we fail to use the tools we have properly and build something that is more powerful than needed. And sometimes this is damaging too (e.g. sites taking minutes to load, etc.).
BTW not having features sometimes IS a feature. YMMV.
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[ 3.5 ms ] story [ 21.6 ms ] threadPelican also has loads of plugins. I wonder where I get more resources for pandoc + make site generation.
http://blog.getpelican.com/
https://github.com/getpelican/pelican-plugins
My main point is that we fail to use the tools we have properly and build something that is more powerful than needed. And sometimes this is damaging too (e.g. sites taking minutes to load, etc.).
BTW not having features sometimes IS a feature. YMMV.