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> It's significantly easier to launch a website from scratch today,

Write HTML, copy to server, press f5/open URL. It doesn't get easier than the 90s in that regard. You didn't even need a framework for that, so ... I'm not so sure.

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I was mostly thinking of the "copy to server" step. I was about to say that now there are many providers and platforms etc, but now thinking about it, there were plenty even back then. Perhaps, if you just have a small nugget of something you want out there, today you can just paste it on pastebin/twitter/instagram or any other platform...

Uhh... Write HTML, git commit, press F5 ? No frameworks needed.

I think you've really forgotten how hard the copy to server step could be in the 90s

I'm pretty sure I've used a ftp client back then too, which wasn't so hard, but sure, it's been a while, my memory may be faulty here.

I was more thinking about getting an internet connection and a server

Sign up with ISP, fill out phone number & info into modem settings, click connect, wait, use ISPs server space they provided for free to each customer. Done?

In many ways I find that easier than dealing with cable companies and their systems.

A basic internet connection was easier in some ways. There were disks with free hours all over the place. And hosting wasn't hard. Tripod, Geocities, Angelfire, ISP-provided hosting were all available, and easy enough for me to figure out when I was 10 years old. I had a few sites up on Geocities in the mid-to-late 90s.

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