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  1. As a designer with a trained eye, it’s pretty obvious what websites have been designed by AI.

    They have a style. It’s clean, but uninventive and quite uniform.

    When I see one, it creates a vote of no confidence in whatever the website represents. I’d rather see a poorly-designed website than one that looks “polished” by an AI.

    If you need a website but don’t have the skills, find some templates designed by humans. Use a system for non-design/tech folks. Ask a friend with those skills for advice. Don’t ask an AI to do it for you.

    Human Web 1.0 is better than AI Web 1.0. Hands down.

    Some alternatives:

    home.omg.lol
    neocities.org
    blot.im

    #AI #Design #SmallWeb #SmolWeb #WebDesign #Websites

  2. As a designer with a trained eye, it’s pretty obvious what websites have been designed by AI.

    They have a style. It’s clean, but uninventive and quite uniform.

    When I see one, it creates a vote of no confidence in whatever the website represents. I’d rather see a poorly-designed website than one that looks “polished” by an AI.

    If you need a website but don’t have the skills, find some templates designed by humans. Use a system for non-design/tech folks. Ask a friend with those skills for advice. Don’t ask an AI to do it for you.

    Human Web 1.0 is better than AI Web 1.0. Hands down.

    Some alternatives:

    home.omg.lol
    neocities.org
    blot.im

    #AI #Design #SmallWeb #SmolWeb #WebDesign #Websites

  3. FARK: Fark NotNewsletter: Not Ready to go on the cart. “Initially I couldn’t believe Google could be so dumb to kill the thing it makes literally all its money from, but lately I’ve arrived at another conclusion: Google knows it’s killing the open web and is doing it on purpose. There’s no way no one at Google realizes what’s happening. There’s no way this hasn’t been brought up internally in […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/29/fark-notnewsletter-not-ready-to-go-on-the-cart-fark/
  4. FARK: Fark NotNewsletter: Not Ready to go on the cart. “Initially I couldn’t believe Google could be so dumb to kill the thing it makes literally all its money from, but lately I’ve arrived at another conclusion: Google knows it’s killing the open web and is doing it on purpose. There’s no way no one at Google realizes what’s happening. There’s no way this hasn’t been brought up internally in […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/29/fark-notnewsletter-not-ready-to-go-on-the-cart-fark/
  5. Stephen Follows: What just happened to TheNumbers.com should worry us all. “Its hand-researched data is the highest quality, tracking box office grosses, budgets, home video and streaming across more than 78,000 films and 236,000 people. It gets north of eight million visitors a year, and is treated as THE definitive authority by journalists, academics, filmmakers, prediction markets, and even […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/24/stephen-follows-what-just-happened-to-thenumbers-com-should-worry-us-all/
  6. Stephen Follows: What just happened to TheNumbers.com should worry us all. “Its hand-researched data is the highest quality, tracking box office grosses, budgets, home video and streaming across more than 78,000 films and 236,000 people. It gets north of eight million visitors a year, and is treated as THE definitive authority by journalists, academics, filmmakers, prediction markets, and even […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/24/stephen-follows-what-just-happened-to-thenumbers-com-should-worry-us-all/
  7. The website for the 909 Festival 2026 (which was in June) but is still up is an absolute thing of beauty...kudos to the persons who did this

    909.nl/

    #Websites #909festival #Techno #Netherlands

  8. The website for the 909 Festival 2026 (which was in June) but is still up is an absolute thing of beauty...kudos to the persons who did this

    909.nl/

    #Websites #909festival #Techno #Netherlands

  9. PetaPixel: Squarespace Is Increasing Prices By Up to 26%. “Squarespace users across the web have begun reporting receiving emails detailing impending price increases that range as high as 26%, depending on the selected plan and payment option.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/21/petapixel-squarespace-is-increasing-prices-by-up-to-26/
  10. PetaPixel: Squarespace Is Increasing Prices By Up to 26%. “Squarespace users across the web have begun reporting receiving emails detailing impending price increases that range as high as 26%, depending on the selected plan and payment option.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/21/petapixel-squarespace-is-increasing-prices-by-up-to-26/
  11. Current Affairs: Who Will Save the Internet From Disappearing?. “From deleted government records to disappearing music, our digital culture can be erased overnight. The Internet Archive’s Mark Graham and Chris Freeland explain what it will take to save it.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/21/current-affairs-who-will-save-the-internet-from-disappearing/
  12. Current Affairs: Who Will Save the Internet From Disappearing?. “From deleted government records to disappearing music, our digital culture can be erased overnight. The Internet Archive’s Mark Graham and Chris Freeland explain what it will take to save it.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/21/current-affairs-who-will-save-the-internet-from-disappearing/
  13. Andros Fenollosa: I joined the IndieWeb, here’s what I learned. “Driven by curiosity, I decided to find out what the IndieWeb tag that kept showing up on some blogs and Mastodon toots was all about. I quickly discovered it was more than an empty concept or a feeling of nostalgia for the web of the 90s. It was a movement with concrete ideas, protocols and an active community! As I read through […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/20/andros-fenollosa-i-joined-the-indieweb-heres-what-i-learned/
  14. Andros Fenollosa: I joined the IndieWeb, here’s what I learned. “Driven by curiosity, I decided to find out what the IndieWeb tag that kept showing up on some blogs and Mastodon toots was all about. I quickly discovered it was more than an empty concept or a feeling of nostalgia for the web of the 90s. It was a movement with concrete ideas, protocols and an active community! As I read through […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/20/andros-fenollosa-i-joined-the-indieweb-heres-what-i-learned/
  15. Neatnik: Hardcore IndieWeb: Run your own website 100% independently for only $0.01/day. “…if the idea of having complete independence and control over your content on the web is appealing to you, read on. Because that’s what Hardcore IndieWeb is all about.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/19/hardcore-indieweb-run-your-own-website-100-independently-for-only-0-01-day-neatnik/
  16. Neatnik: Hardcore IndieWeb: Run your own website 100% independently for only $0.01/day. “…if the idea of having complete independence and control over your content on the web is appealing to you, read on. Because that’s what Hardcore IndieWeb is all about.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/19/hardcore-indieweb-run-your-own-website-100-independently-for-only-0-01-day-neatnik/
  17. Search Engine Journal: ChatGPT Access Tied To 9% Drop In Traditional Search. “A recent look at U.S. desktop browsing shows ChatGPT directed people to outside websites in 5.2% of sessions, compared to 31.1% for Google searches. The paper, conducted by Bocconi University researchers, examines Comscore clickstream data to gain insight into how broader access to ChatGPT has impacted traditional […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/19/search-engine-journal-chatgpt-access-tied-to-9-drop-in-traditional-search/
  18. Search Engine Journal: ChatGPT Access Tied To 9% Drop In Traditional Search. “A recent look at U.S. desktop browsing shows ChatGPT directed people to outside websites in 5.2% of sessions, compared to 31.1% for Google searches. The paper, conducted by Bocconi University researchers, examines Comscore clickstream data to gain insight into how broader access to ChatGPT has impacted traditional […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/19/search-engine-journal-chatgpt-access-tied-to-9-drop-in-traditional-search/
  19. I have to share this website, had sooo much fun with it! Felt like a little child! 😭🤣

    clipart.studio

    The gallery is GOLD!

    #indieweb #internet #websites #bestwebsites

  20. I have to share this website, had sooo much fun with it! Felt like a little child! 😭🤣

    clipart.studio

    The gallery is GOLD!

    #indieweb #internet #websites #bestwebsites

  21. Today I'm starting noailist.org/

    With the reasoning over at noailist.org/why-no-ai/

    A list of projects that have chosen not to use AI moving forward.

    Submissions are open and are welcome for anyone and any project that states they will not be using AI on their project/tech/website/art/music/game/etc (within reason).

    #noai #antiai #tech #technology #projects #art #music #websites #gamedev #mastoart

  22. Today I'm starting noailist.org/

    With the reasoning over at noailist.org/why-no-ai/

    A list of projects that have chosen not to use AI moving forward.

    Submissions are open and are welcome for anyone and any project that states they will not be using AI on their project/tech/website/art/music/game/etc (within reason).

    #noai #antiai #tech #technology #projects #art #music #websites #gamedev #mastoart

  23. #1Password launched a new #Claude #integration for #Mac, allowing #Anthropic’s #AIagent to sign in to #websites without seeing passwords or two-factor authentication codes. The integration uses Agentic Mode to lock down the vault, only providing approved credentials for specific tasks. This feature is available now for Mac users on business, family, and individual plans. 9to5mac.com/2026/07/16/1passwo #tech #media #news

  24. #1Password launched a new #Claude #integration for #Mac, allowing #Anthropic’s #AIagent to sign in to #websites without seeing passwords or two-factor authentication codes. The integration uses Agentic Mode to lock down the vault, only providing approved credentials for specific tasks. This feature is available now for Mac users on business, family, and individual plans. 9to5mac.com/2026/07/16/1passwo #tech #media #news

  25. @LillyHerself
    Another absurd thing about surfing websites:

    🎮 We are able to play football video games online with friends in real time. Real time!

    🐌 We open websites today and it takes several seconds to load the ad tracker etm.

    #enshittification #enshitification #websites #ads #playstation #PlayStationPlus #trackers #tracker

  26. @LillyHerself
    Another absurd thing about surfing websites:

    🎮 We are able to play football video games online with friends in real time. Real time!

    🐌 We open websites today and it takes several seconds to load the ad tracker etm.

    #enshittification #enshitification #websites #ads #playstation #PlayStationPlus #trackers #tracker