Untapped – Using Simple Tools as a Radical Act of Independence
May 17, 2024
Building with basic mediums, from HTML to 2x4s, can be a way to assert autonomy and longevity.
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This is why the simplicity of HTML and CSS now feels like a radical act. To build a website with just these tools is a small protest against platform capitalism: a way to assert sustainability, independence, longevity. “When I’m working in HTML, I feel like I understand my own line of thinking, and I’m able to make structures that support that,” web designer and artist Laurel Schwulst told me. “Not many tools let you do that.”
Source: Untapped – Using Simple Tools as a Radical Act of Independence
Another piece that advocates for a simpler approach to developing for the Web. Not all the things we build are amenable to this approach, but it’s one we can do well to keep in mind.
