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< Webdev seemed so easy, but now it seems so hard...
This whole post reminds me of a certain motherfucking website.
I'm not actually saying your shitty site should look like this. What I'm saying is that all the problems we have with websites are ones we create ourselves. Websites aren't broken by default, they are functional, high-performing, and accessible. You break them. You son-of-a-bitch.
http://motherfuckingwebsite.com
It really does feel like most problems in our trade are either self-inflicted or inflicted upon us by ignorant management who drink whatever koolaid is on offer.
absolutely. i saw another post in a similar vein that said essentially make it look like craigslist or you're doing it wrong. i wholly agree with this because it clearly doesn't take much to make something good, so why go so hard to end up at the same result? with a lot of the projects i've done where i asked people for feedback on the design, the number one criticism was it was too much - even though it really wasn't, in my eyes (back then).
i also saw a site that fits perfectly into this: