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Not GP, but he is right; the behavior of your website is semantically incorrect. Looks like you redirect the users to your blog posts by using <button /> instead of <a />.

I also agree that your website should absolutely not require JavaScript to work. Clicking on links is something that is possible with 0 lines of JavaScript.

> I don't have a RSS feed but I have a newsletter with a subscribe button.

This is also not very hacker-friendly behavior. Why should users give you their email addresses when a RSS feed is much easier to implement and use?

> Not GP, but he is right; the behavior of your website is semantically incorrect. Looks like you redirect the users to your blog posts by using <button /> instead of <a />.

I'll fix this. Thanks.

> This is also not very hacker-friendly behavior. Why should users give you their email addresses when a RSS feed is much easier to implement and use?

I'll do this too. Thanks.

I'm glad you took it nicely. You should definitely post here when you write a new article.

There's always something to learn! Just remember to do things the easiest way possible; <a> allows you to "redirect" users using HTML-only, while <button> needs an event attached to it using JavaScript. There are many things that people use JavaScript for but that are 100% possible using HTML. We should favor those.

Also, writing a static website removes a plethora of vulnerabilities. Collecting email addresses comes with its legal burden, too (do you delete people's email addresses if they ask you to and are in the EU?).