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Small Web

An effort to bring the values and benefits of Old and Small Technology[1] to the modern Web. That is, using the existing web technologies in a way that makes the web small.

=> 1: /old-and-small-technology/

The Small Technology Foundation[2] has been working on this and describes it.

=> 2: https://small-tech.org/

Compared to Gopher[3] and Gemini[4], the small web is about using existing web protocols in a small way, rather than replacing it with protocols that enforce small technology values more directly.

=> 3: /gopher/ | 4: /gemini/

Small Web Ideas

• Low-tech magazine has a solar-powered website[5], and they talk extensively about how to design a website in such a way that it requires minimal power to host.
• The 10 KB Club[6], 250 KB club[7], and 1MB Club[8] honor websites with small overall load sizes.
• Text-Only Websites[9] lists websites that primarily stick with simple text.
• The Lean Web Club[10] talks about writing JavaScript that is small, and without frameworks.

=> 5: https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/about.html | 6: https://10kbclub.com/ | 7: https://250kb.club/ | 8: https://1mb.club/ | 9: https://sjmulder.nl/en/textonly.html | 10: https://leanwebclub.com/

Links to this note

• Old and Small Technology[11]

=> 11: /old-and-small-technology/

Old technology is any tech that's, well... old.

• How This Site Is Built[12]

=> 12: /how-this-site-is-built/

This site is built for modern clients using Small Technology[13]. It is served from static files, which are themselves small. It should make no references to any resources from other servers, which helps protect the Privacy[14] of visitors.

=> 13: /old-and-small-technology/ | 14: /privacy/

• Adventures Hosting My Site on Gemini[15]

=> 15: /adventures-hosting-my-site-on-gemini/

Updated: 2024-07-06

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