[vmfunc]

author here. currently in touch with persona's CEO as mentioned on twitter, part 2 and 3 coming soon. i understand the criticism on the design of the site but it has no place here on hackernews. the content is what matters. i designed my website to be an experience rather than sanitized white on black minimalist slop, whether you like it or not is completely fair, then just use reading mode in your browser.

[mainmailman]

I loved it, I’ve never seen something like it

[vmfunc]

thank you!! this website was made loooong ago before gpt3 was even a thing lol (saying this because people thought it was vibecoded lol), the design of it brings me joy and i wouldn't change it for anything

[chneu]

I enjoyed the website.

[righthand]

I love your site design, but please consider that people may not take your content seriously because it is so expressive. It is cool looking but hard to concentrate on the actual content. This is distracting from the point you are making and makes it harder to circulate this to non-tech peoples.

An experience yes but one that is noisy to the information you’re trying to expose.

Deflecting criticism of the noisiness because you want to focus on the content is just creating another distraction to discuss instead of the content. The cat, the music, the lowercase text, low contrast color scheme all create a layer of “is this serious?”

[vmfunc]

i agree but this is why journalists and the media pick up on this - i'm doing the technical writeup, other reputable sources do the normie stuff

also while yes i agree that it could raise questions about "is this serious?" to be honest i believe my track record in the field is enough to outweigh the design of my site. i designed this website when i was a teenager, many years ago, to express my vibe and soul, and i would much rather it stay that way even if it makes it seem less serious

[righthand]

Perhaps you would consider compiling into a less expressive format when you complete it. I’d love to dig into it but the context switching distractions as well as the difficulty curve of the material and style are high. So it is bookmarked but deprioritized.

[kelvinjps10]

Your writing and content I'd say that's of more quality that most journalists

[iamnothere]

It’s a good design, props for doing something different and interesting.

[user2722]

I liked it.