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by unicornporn 2082 days ago
> is that just a meaningless buzzword now?

Very much, yes. If anything that word is now a warning sign. Thanks mr. minimal nerdy dev for having me download a minimal 9 MB auto playing header video over my mobile plan on your landing page[1].

This[2] is a better example of "minimalism" (I have to wash my mouth now). Notice something? Not a single mention of the word "minimal" in the entire article. Aaand, developer tools says it's 84 KB of data. Compare that to the the 13800 KB of the nerdy.dev landing page. Funny, [2] seems to be 164 times "more minimal" than [1].

[1] https://nerdy.dev/

[2] https://cheapskatesguide.org/articles/low-bandwidth-hosting-...
1 comments
Igelau 2082 days ago
It took me a while to figure out that I had to click the button on the gaudy header to scroll down. When the article previews started bouncing in sporadically, I scrolled back up to get my bearings. I went too far and accidentally scrolled into the gaudy header again. You can scroll into it but you can't scroll out of it.

This is Haunted House design. I enter through fog, things jump out at me, the paths are hidden, and they vanish behind me.

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unicornporn 2081 days ago
> This is Haunted House design. I enter through fog, things jump out at me, the paths are hidden, and they vanish behind me.

Haha, HHD (Hounted House Design) is now officially a thing.

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