Time for my favourite old man yells at cloud opinion.

The internet was a far better place when websites were created by individuals mainly for themselves. And probably hosted for free on Geocities.

perhaps, before the thread derails into a bunch of comments like the parent, we should consider that the article is not a comment on what your side-projects look like, those obviously should look however you please. rather the comment is directed at folks who want both great UX, and for their taste to reflected on the website, and quite frankly: some of you have absolutely no sense of what usability affordances require, not to mention _taste_.