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diff --git a/notes/_plain-html.html b/notes/_plain-html.html deleted file mode 100644 index d60275e..0000000 --- a/notes/_plain-html.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,70 +0,0 @@ -<!DOCTYPE html> -<html lang="en"> -<head> -<meta charset="utf-8"> -<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> -<title>The case for plain HTML — notes — tjp.lol</title> -<meta name="description" content="A note on writing plain, durable HTML."> -<link rel="stylesheet" href="../style.css"> -</head> -<body> -<div class="wrap"> - - <header class="site"> - <h1 class="brand"><a href="../index.html">~tjp<span class="cur"> $_</span></a></h1> - <nav class="main"> - <a href="../weblog/index.html">weblog</a> - <a href="../notes/index.html" aria-current="page">notes</a> - <a href="../projects/index.html">projects</a> - <a href="../about/index.html">about</a> - <a href="../feed.xml">rss</a> - </nav> - </header> - - <main> - <article class="post"> - <div class="post-head"> - <p class="meta"><a href="../notes/index.html" style="text-decoration:none;">← notes</a> / tended <time datetime="2026-05-30">2026-05-30</time> · planted <time datetime="2024-08-11">2024-08-11</time></p> - <h1>The case for plain HTML</h1> - </div> - - <div class="note-body"> - <p><em>A note, not an essay — expect it to change. This page shows how a wiki note reads: internal <a class="wiki" href="index.html">[[wiki links]]</a> render as underlined-dotted links, and a backlinks panel sits at the bottom.</em></p> - - <p>A hand-written HTML page is the most durable document format I know of that still looks like a document. It has no runtime, no dependencies, and no version that can go out of date. A file I wrote in 2004 opens today, pixel-for-pixel, in a browser that didn't exist then.</p> - - <p>This connects to <a class="wiki" href="index.html">Gemtext & the small web</a> — both are bets that <em>constraint outlives capability</em>. See also <a class="wiki" href="index.html">How I take notes</a> for why I keep the source in plain text.</p> - - <h2>Things I no longer do</h2> - <ul> - <li>Reach for a framework before there's a second page.</li> - <li>Add a build step to save five keystrokes.</li> - <li>Load a web font when the reader already owns a good one.</li> - </ul> - - <h2>The test</h2> - <p>Turn JavaScript off. If the page is worse, I've added fragility I have to maintain forever. If it's identical, I'm done. This whole site passes that test — see the <a class="wiki" href="../about/index.html">colophon</a>.</p> - </div> - - <div class="backlinks"> - <h2>Linked from</h2> - <ul class="posts"> - <li><a href="index.html">Gemtext & the small web</a></li> - <li><a href="index.html">Home-lab & self-hosting</a></li> - <li><a href="../weblog/moving-off-gemini.html">Moving my weblog off Gemini (without leaving it)</a></li> - </ul> - </div> - </article> - </main> - - <footer> - <div class="ring"> - <span>webring:</span> - <a href="#">← prev</a><a href="#">rand</a><a href="#">next →</a> - </div> - <p>hand-written in slc · ©2026 tjp · <a href="../feed.xml">feed</a></p> - </footer> - -</div> -</body> -</html> |