It's ugly because an "accept cookies" pop-up obscures half of the page.
If you are a web dev reading this and you've implemented a cookie popup on a website, please do the world a favor and find a different industry to work in.
[1] https://www.smokingonabike.com/2024/01/20/take-back-your-web...
I'm not sure why the author hosts their blog posts on this platform and not their own website though