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points by bstsb 6 hours ago | 0 comments

grrrr, i hate grayscale backgrounds and simple fonts!

would you rather claude-esque purple gradients and glowing borders?

No? There is originality between a fetishization/bastardization of minimalism on one side and cookie cutter LLM web design on the other.

[–] epestr 6 hours ago

Is there a trend in increase of minimalistic website which are LLM generated and explicitly made minimal to not seem sloppy?

[–] Avicebron 6 hours ago

idk, you tell me, I can tell from your blog that you've adopted the trend. I'm probably much older than you, so I've seen the progression of these things since the internet as we know it existed. So I sort of understand the roots of the styling that people are adopting and can see it for what it is, which is trying to signal a minimalism but missing the point in the process.

[–] epestr 4 hours ago

I was quite inspired by the content bar of this site: https://zachlandes.com/trolley-problem and gwern. Though I do think my blog isn't particularly all that minimal I try to add a lot of colors to make it look less dull.

[–] hluska 5 hours ago

Their website is great, and they’re a student. Back in my day, we supported younger people in the industry regardless of whether they met our personal aesthetic. We used to call that ‘maturity’.

[–] hluska 5 hours ago

I get that you’re angry, but could you try that one again? It doesn’t make sense.