Links
A curated list of sites, tools, and people worth knowing about. Maintained by hand. Updated whenever something good comes along.
Last curated:
Link policy
I link to things I use, find interesting, or want to remember. No affiliate links. No sponsored placements. No link exchanges. If a site dies or goes bad I remove it. If you want me to look at your site, email me — no promises.
Indie Web & Small Web
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IndieWeb.org community
The hub for the indie web movement. Standards, tools, and a community of people building personal sites that talk to each other.
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512KB Club performance
A collection of web pages that are under 512KB total. A useful reminder that pages don't have to be heavy.
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Cheapskate's Guide small web
A long-running personal site about living well on less, with a strong small-web philosophy and no-nonsense writing style.
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personalsit.es directory
A directory of personal websites. Good for finding interesting people who still maintain their own corner of the internet.
Tools I Use
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GoatCounter analytics
Privacy-respecting web analytics. No cookies, no personal data, open source, free for low-traffic sites. The right way to do analytics.
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Firefox browser
Still the best browser for people who care about the open web.
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VS Code editor
What this site was built in. Free, fast, and has everything you need for HTML/CSS work without getting in the way.
People & Blogs
Sites by actual humans that I read or check on regularly. This is the blogroll — the old-web tradition of linking to people whose writing you respect.
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One or two sentences about why you read them and what they write about.
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[Another site worth reading] personal site
One or two sentences about this site.
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[A third site] writing
One or two sentences.
Reading & Reference
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MDN Web Docs reference
The definitive reference for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. If you're building anything for the web, this tab is always open.
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web.dev learning
Google's web development guidance — good articles on performance, accessibility, and modern CSS without being too evangelical.
Fun & Weird
Things that don't fit elsewhere but are worth knowing about. The internet is supposed to be strange and wonderful.
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Wiby.me search
A search engine for the old web — only indexes small, simple sites. Hit "surprise me" and you'll find something you weren't looking for.
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Merveilles community
A Mastodon instance for people interested in art, nature, and low-tech computing. Worth a look if you like the small web aesthetic.
Suggest a Link
Found something good that isn't here? Send it to hello [at] epiphalacticlabs [dot] com with the subject "Link suggestion." I read everything but can't promise I'll add everything.