c/technology@lemmy.world · nutellawaescher@feddit.org · 16 Sep 2026 16:25

Why Personal Websites Are Coming Back

Dead Parrot BBS Why Personal Websites Are Coming Back Personal websites are attracting attention again as people rediscover the value of owning a domain, controlling their work, and building an Internet outside...

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@victorz@lemmy.world · 16 Sep 2026

How long have you had it?

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- @rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world · 16 Sep 2026 · edited
  
  I’ve had my current personal domain for 22 years, but before that I had a succession of hand-coded personal websites going back to the janky free webhosts we had in the 1990s.
  
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  - @EisFrei@lemmy.world · 16 Sep 2026
    
    Geocities old-timers unite!
    
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    - @toynbee@piefed.social · 17 Sep 2026
      
      I had a GeoCities account, but I got my start on Angelfire. I think.
      
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  - @desmosthenes@lemmy.world · 16 Sep 2026
    
    respect - twins
    
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  - @victorz@lemmy.world · 16 Sep 2026
    
    Awesome stuff!
    
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- @msage@programming.dev · 22h ago
  
  I’ve had mine for about 22 years, but it’s been empty most of the time :(
  
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