13 replies

1. Eric A. Meyer moments later

   @zachleat Excuse you, all web sites are extraordinary.

   1. Zach Leatherman 3 min later

      @Meyerweb I think both things are true, confusingly 😅

2. p1xelHer0 22 min later

   @zachleat npm i ordinary-web-site

3. Chris Armstrong 3 hr later

   @zachleat I wonder if a lot of pointless arguments come from the fact we still just use the word “website” for everything, rather than having more nuanced classifications.

   Like if the construction industry didn’t have categories for residential, commercial, industrial, etc there’d be a lot more arguments about the *best* way to construct a “building”.

   1. Zach Leatherman 5 hr later

      @armstrong I *could* see that but I’m wary after we botched the sites versus apps stratification so poorly

      1. Tim Brown 7 hr later

         @zachleat @armstrong Just all makes me think how early we are in a whole new era.

         1. Chris Armstrong 8 hr later

            @timbrown @zachleat yep the day is young on this stuff.

            I do think we still have a lot to learn from more traditional, established industries like construction. I suspect that coordinating electricians, carpenters and bricklayers probably brings up similar challenges to balancing Rust, JavaScript & CSS developers.

4. Martha Howell 11 hr later

   @zachleat No one needs to be dazzled, just easily find what they came for.

5. Aurani’s (not an) Arsonist Arc 12 hr later

   @zachleat we'll never reach web 8.0 with that attitude.

6. abhijith 4 days later

   @zachleat @doot You don't always have to create extraordinary infosec websites.
7. Erik Vorhes February 9, 2026

   @zachleat — oh, good. I’m not sure I know to make one any other way.

8. su_liam February 10, 2026

   @zachleat There’s a hierarchy.
   A social media post(even in relatively unevil federated media) < a blog(even in relatively evil Wordpress) < a webpage(even if it wasn’t hand-coded)
   I’m not sure if that’s a moral hierarchy, a hierarchy of tech arrogance, a hierarchy of “quality,” or some combination of the above, but I am increasingly unappreciative of the evanescence of social media. Quickly disposed posts promote disposable thinking. 🗑️

9. Alexey Staroselets February 10, 2026

   @zachleat This is The Way 😎