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The small web is beautiful

benhoyt · published 1 March 2021

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38blogs citing
First cited
7 Mar 2021
Most recent
8 Sept 2026
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Blogs - Data Engineering Blog & Second Brain
Why Have Your Website (and not Medium, LinkedIn, Substack, ...) Read at the source ↗
8 Sept 2026
willpatrick.co.uk
Web 1.0 is still out there (if you know where to look) Read at the source ↗
6 Sept 2026
space • time • tech
The small, real, original web Read at the source ↗
19 Jul 2026
agoudawheelofcheese.bearblog.dev
dotcom crash & ai Read at the source ↗
29 May 2026
ludditus.com
Who isn’t on the Big Bad Web? Read at the source ↗
10 May 2026
rwblickhan.org
Building bookmarks.rwblickhan.org Read at the source ↗
27 Apr 2026
yulqen.org
Quicknote capture Thursday 16 April 2026 Read at the source ↗
16 Apr 2026
priyavr.at
500 Days of Pedaling to Work Read at the source ↗
6 Mar 2026
pointinthecloud.com
The "tinyweb" and an example low power web server Read at the source ↗
1 Mar 2026
nomass.io
Quoting Ben Hoyt Read at the source ↗
4 Jan 2026
outerweb.org
Web Discovery Read at the source ↗
22 Nov 2025
foley.works
The Small Web Read at the source ↗
19 Nov 2025
jpain.io
Moving to Bearblog - Choosing constraints over customisation so I actually write. Read at the source ↗
9 Nov 2025
Herr Herrmann
New website, built with Astro Read at the source ↗
18 Oct 2025
ultrasciencelabs.com
lab notes Read at the source ↗
26 Feb 2025
jpt.sh
Civic Tech's Third Wave Read at the source ↗
15 Feb 2025
bovermyer
Small web and self-hosting in a world in crisis Read at the source ↗
13 Feb 2025
andreiclinciu.net
Reclaiming the Internet One Self-Hosted Site at a Time Read at the source ↗
27 Dec 2024
cottonnoodle.com
Building a website with Hugo Read at the source ↗
21 Nov 2024
scottbanwart.com
Weekly Journal 177 - Tildeverse Read at the source ↗
19 Oct 2024
zealnetworks.ca
The Internet is not Dead. Read at the source ↗
9 Oct 2024
Blog – Scott C. Richmond
The web is too big, or scaling down Read at the source ↗
6 Oct 2024
Joshleeb's Blog
Log Entry: August 2024 Read at the source ↗
31 Aug 2024
Howdy - Paul's Weblog
Middleware for Kagi’s Small Web RSS Feed Read at the source ↗
16 Aug 2024
bitoff.org
The Web We've (Never) Lost Read at the source ↗
28 Jul 2024
lordmatt.co.uk
June divestment Read at the source ↗
16 Jun 2024
Joshleeb's Blog
Log Entry: May 2024 Read at the source ↗
26 May 2024
jabbo.webdings.de
The Small Internet Read at the source ↗
23 May 2024
blakewatson.com
Building our own private Discord knockoff Read at the source ↗
28 Jan 2024
stringpool.de
Some interesting links Read at the source ↗
2 Jan 2024
Morgan – Peanuts 🥜 – Quality is always right
Charting my journey away from Big Tech: Embracing Privacy and Self Hosting Solutions Read at the source ↗
26 Dec 2023
fromjason.xyz
The Village Effect of the Greater Web Read at the source ↗
27 Nov 2023
Writing – Erik Johannes Husom
Places to discover the Small Web Read at the source ↗
22 Nov 2023
Blog | Ersei 'n Stuff
The Self-Hosting Barrier to Entry Read at the source ↗
30 Oct 2023
Hello world | thomasrigby.com
Weeknotes: 2023-W37 Read at the source ↗
17 Sept 2023
Michael Tsai
Kagi Small Web Read at the source ↗
11 Sept 2023
blog.kagi.com
Kagi Small Web Read at the source ↗
7 Sept 2023
Kwon.nyc
The internet used to be* fun Read at the source ↗
3 Sept 2023
dielsonsales.github.io
Writing a minimalist Android client, part 1 Read at the source ↗
7 Mar 2021

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https://basecamp.com/books
basecamp.com
Rediscovering the Small Web Read at the source ↗
neustadt.fr
What is the Small Web? Read at the source ↗
ar.al
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_(programming_language
en.wikipedia.org
https://github.com/benhoyt/third
github.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoscene
en.wikipedia.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB0vBmiTr6o
youtube.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCh3Q08HMfs
youtube.com
https://cr.yp.to/bib/1995/wirth.pdf
cr.yp.to
https://blog.brush.co.nz/2008/07/adobe-reader-9/
blog.brush.co.nz
1mb.club Read at the source ↗
1mb.club
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25151773
news.ycombinator.com
https://512kb.club/
512kb.club
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25450451
news.ycombinator.com
https://250kb.club/
250kb.club
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25176663
news.ycombinator.com
https://10kbclub.com/
10kbclub.com
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25556860
news.ycombinator.com
https://news.ycombinator.com/news
news.ycombinator.com
https://lobste.rs/
lobste.rs
https://sourcehut.org/
sourcehut.org
https://forgeperf.org/
forgeperf.org
https://sqlite.org/
sqlite.org
https://sqlite.org/testing.html
sqlite.org
https://lwn.net/
lwn.net
https://lwn.net/Archives/GuestIndex/
lwn.net
https://danluu.com/
danluu.com
https://lucumr.pocoo.org/
lucumr.pocoo.org
https://nullprogram.com/
nullprogram.com
http://eradman.com/
eradman.com
https://hugotunius.se/
hugotunius.se
https://prog21.dadgum.com/
prog21.dadgum.com
Julia Evans Read at the source ↗
jvns.ca
https://sjmulder.nl/en/textonly.html
sjmulder.nl
https://giftyweddings.com/
giftyweddings.com
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26057078
news.ycombinator.com
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11210860
news.ycombinator.com
Indieweb Wiki Read at the source ↗
indieweb.org
https://small-tech.org/
small-tech.org
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24269071
news.ycombinator.com
https://indieweb.org/Homebrew_Website_Club
indieweb.org
https://indieweb.org/IndieWebCamps
indieweb.org
SEO for Software Engineers Read at the source ↗
benhoyt.com
https://stackoverflow.com/
stackoverflow.com
https://blog.codinghorror.com/performance-is-a-feature/
blog.codinghorror.com
https://news.ycombinator.com/
news.ycombinator.com
https://news.ycombinator.com/hn.js
news.ycombinator.com
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23876281
news.ycombinator.com
https://alistapart.com/article/understandingprogressiveenhancement/
alistapart.com
https://www.reddit.com/
reddit.com
https://github.com/turbolinks/turbolinks
github.com
https://turbo.hotwire.dev/
turbo.hotwire.dev
Basecamp announces Hey, an upcoming email app for iOS/Android/web Read at the source ↗
hey.com
https://m.signalvnoise.com/html-over-the-wire/
m.signalvnoise.com
https://alistapart.com/article/the-future-of-web-software-is-html-over-websockets/
alistapart.com
https://benhoyt.com/writings/learning-elm/
benhoyt.com
https://pages.github.com/
pages.github.com
https://jekyllrb.com/
jekyllrb.com
https://gohugo.io/
gohugo.io
https://staticsitegenerators.net/
staticsitegenerators.net
NPM & left-pad: Have We Forgotten How To Program? Read at the source ↗
davidhaney.io
https://github.com/juliangruber/isarray/blob/c9b0c5b4f44d366c9f51c7e85e70339bdeaa97b0/index.js
github.com
Moment.js Read at the source ↗
momentjs.com
https://momentjs.com/docs/
momentjs.com
https://date-fns.org/
date-fns.org
https://golang.org/doc/modules/managing-dependencies
golang.org
Our Software Dependency Problem Read at the source ↗
research.swtch.com
https://go-proverbs.github.io/
go-proverbs.github.io
http://youmightnotneedjquery.com/
youmightnotneedjquery.com
https://casparwre.de/blog/stop-using-google-analytics/
casparwre.de
Lightweight Google Analytics alternatives Read at the source ↗
lwn.net
https://www.goatcounter.com/
goatcounter.com
https://plausible.io/
plausible.io
More alternatives to Google Analytics Read at the source ↗
lwn.net
https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/25/google_kubernetes_autopilot/
theregister.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_law
en.wikipedia.org
https://m.signalvnoise.com/the-majestic-monolith/
m.signalvnoise.com
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=canonical&q=why+not+microservices&ia=web
duckduckgo.com
https://tailscale.com/blog/modules-monoliths-and-microservices/
tailscale.com
https://stackexchange.com/performance
stackexchange.com
https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/t2/
aws.amazon.com
https://www.ansible.com/
ansible.com
https://sqlite.org/whentouse.html
sqlite.org
https://litestream.io/
litestream.io
https://litestream.io/blog/why-i-built-litestream/
litestream.io
One process programming notes (with Go and SQLite) Read at the source ↗
crawshaw.io
https://github.com/crawshaw/sqlite
github.com
https://charlesleifer.com/blog/five-reasons-you-should-use-sqlite-in-2016/
charlesleifer.com
https://cravecookie.com/
cravecookie.com
https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/166-sam-eaton-of-crave-cookie
indiehackers.com
https://jaas.ai/
jaas.ai
https://lobste.rs/s/d6qwff/small_web_is_beautiful
lobste.rs
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26305585
news.ycombinator.com
https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/lvfdq9/the_small_web_is_beautiful/
reddit.com