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title: The Joy of Small Web
date: 2026-01-12
tags: philosophy, web
author: linuxgoose
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# The Joy of Small Web

The modern internet is bloated. Websites are often several megabytes just to display a few paragraphs of text. The **Small Web** movement is about reclaiming the simplicity of the early internet.

### What makes a "Small" website?
1. **No Tracking:** Respecting user privacy by default.
2. **Text-Heavy:** Prioritizing information over high-res hero images.
3. **No Frameworks:** Reducing the "tax" paid by the user's CPU.

When you browse this site, you aren't loading a React bundle. You are loading a single HTML file and a few Markdown strings. It feels **instant** because it is.

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