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diff --git a/notes/_plain-html.md b/notes/_plain-html.md deleted file mode 100644 index 6d6e078..0000000 --- a/notes/_plain-html.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,28 +0,0 @@ ---- -description: A note on writing plain, durable HTML. -planted: 2024-08-11 -tended: 2026-05-30 ---- -# The case for plain HTML - -*A note, not an essay — expect it to change. This page shows how a wiki note reads: internal wiki links render as underlined-dotted links, and a backlinks panel sits at the bottom.* - -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 It has no runtime, no dependencies, and no version that can go out of date.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. - -This connects to [Gemtext & the small web](index.html) — both are bets that *constraint outlives capability*. See also [How I take notes](index.html) for why I keep the source in plain text. - -## Things I no longer do - -- Reach for a framework before there's a second page. -- Add a build step to save five keystrokes. -- Load a web font when the reader already owns a good one. - -## The test - -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 [colophon](../about/index.html). - -## Linked from - -- [Gemtext & the small web](index.html) -- [Home-lab & self-hosting](index.html) -- [Moving my weblog off Gemini (without leaving it)](../weblog/moving-off-gemini.html) |