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

#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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