I do dislike websites that require JS unnecessarily, but I just do not read them. Most people do not even know what framework you use. It comes down to "a few people are nasty about what I do". That is unavoidable if you do anything public.
It needs JavaScript, but will work on anything.. from IE 6.0 or FF 2.0 upward. It simple, clean and fast. And imo looks nice :)
See also: An App Can Be a Home Cooked Meal https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/home-cooked-app/
Most information websites (even things like personal blogs) are trying to reach a wider audience, so its not what most people should be doing.
> Most information websites (even things like personal blogs) are trying to reach a wider audience, so its not what most people should be doing.
You don't find value in how op created his website so now you are here, telling them they shouldn't be doing it that way.
Why can't he just make it how he wants? Not every website on the internet should follow how YOU or MOST sites should do.
Yes, people will criticize. Unfortunately you can't stop people from criticizing. That's no reason to just give up, that's just life.
Yes you can. Instead of ignoring it signaling that their criticism was acceptable, you can push back on it and remind them it's irrelevant and unwanted and they should probably just keep it to themselves.
Then more people will maybe stop and think before deciding to blast someone for not following some arbitrary rules you made up in your own head for how someone else should build websites and apps.
Unfortunately, that won't stop many people, it will only make them double down.
Obviously a homepage is not a blog post and the goal there is different. But OP gets to decide what that goal is — and again, they seem pretty happy with how it turned out!
Yes, it depends on what your aims are. If you have unusual aims youc an do unusual things.