How to make a tiny website in an afternoon
A practical pep talk for the website you have been meaning to build for three years.
If you've been "meaning to make a personal site" for years, here's the secret: tiny sites are good. The website you can finish in an afternoon is much, much better than the website you keep planning and never ship.
A good tiny site has: - One page, sometimes two. - Plain HTML, or a static site generator if you want fancier. - A clear answer to "what is this?" in the first sentence. - A few links out to your work, your other accounts, or things you like. - Your name. Your handwriting. Some hint that a real human made it.
What it doesn't need: - A logo. - A design system. - A blog (yet). - A CMS. - A roadmap.
You can host it for free on any static host. You can even hand-code it in a single .html file and FTP it somewhere. The point isn't the technology. The point is that you put a flag in the ground that says "I am here, this is mine."
The internet still has plenty of room for tiny websites. Make one this weekend.