Scaffold a 1990s Geocities-themed static website

Post by binaryturtle » Mon, May 11, 2026, 7:08 PM UTC

megiddo wrote: post #20

binaryturtle wrote: post #19

It doesn't work properly in Netscape 4 actually. B)

In their defense, a website not working on a popular browser was on-brand for the era. This is just part of the operating nostalgia.

Post by vunderba » Mon, May 11, 2026, 8:13 PM UTC

danielspace23 wrote: post #13

zahlman wrote: post #10

> Also checkout my other projects: Best Sugar Daddy Apps Best Sugar Daddy Apps 2026 Best Sugar Daddy Apps NPM Best Sugar Daddy Apps Socket That's, er, definitely not where I expected this to be leading. Although I guess the PyPI username was a hint.

The whole thing seems a lot like AI slop for SEO. The demo websites look incredibly AI-generated, they don't even resemble the 90s web that well. The project description/README has all the signs of being AI, too. I think they're trying to get some sympathy (and promotion) with a project that seems inherently human, as the "old web" was, but it's slop all the way down. And people are falling for it.

Post by mnky9800n » Mon, May 18, 2026, 10:23 PM UTC

xp84 wrote: post #24

mnky9800n wrote: post #3

This is the way. I made my home page like MySpace: https://johnspace.xyz Because it used to be the internet was fun and centered on making stuff yourself and sharing with others. Just like geocities allowed. But now a lot of it all seems like the people making things want to sell things and this has been done at the expense of having spaces for non profit seeking creativity. This is also why I made https://rainy-city…

I want to steal your idea, but then felt bad for stealing, but also I decided why can’t I steal this idea too, since you didn’t invent MySpace :D Nice execution btw.