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I'm really glad to hear that. This lightweight design is great.

Maybe it shouldn't be for the news sites only. I make http://wordsandbuttons.online in this spirit, too. It's not text only, it has interactive plots, and quizzes, and everything. But the core idea: give people only what they come for, - works well for it as well. Since the pages are in tenths of KB, I pay for the cheapest hosting possible and it still holds "slashdot effect".

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Very clean and elegant website, well done.

Question: how are you producing the code, with a static website generator such as Hugo or Pelican, or are you typing it manually?

Thanks! Mostly manually, but I write Python scripts for menial jobs. It's surprisingly easy when the site is that simple.

The images don't appear in Firefox reader mode. Not that reader mode is much needed on that site but it's useful if someone's got a preference on formatting.

Thank you for bringing this up! Apparently, the JavaScript behind canvases gets disabled. I'll think something out.

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