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elicashtoday at 2:30 PM1 replyview on HN

As someone who made websites in the geocities days, it's amusing to me that one of the tell-tale signs of a Gemini-built website is a MARQUEE! I genuinely love that the marquee tag is making a come-back due to what I can only imagine was someone on the Google team who loves it too and decided to put that into the system prompt when websites are requested.


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Core_Devtoday at 2:34 PM

Honestly? That is the real reason.

I miss the era when the web was raw, weird, and unpolished. Modern UI feels too sanitized and corporate.

The "Neo-Brutalist" label is just a convenient modern excuse to bring back the fun chaos of the Geocities days without looking outdated. Glad it hit the nostalgia nerve!

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