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Jonas Downey
@jonas.do

Web friends: in 2026, what’s the best semi-friendly way to make a hand rolled website? My kid wants to get into web making, but stuff like Eleventy or Hugo feels a little advanced. Is there a beginner-level option that’s more approachable?

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Jonas Downey
@jonas.do

Yeah, thought of that too! Definitely a good place to start, but something with a little more bootstrapping upfront would be helpful I think

Nika
@annika-d.bsky.social

Just do it by hand. You don't need frameworks or anything. A heading here, some id there and some css. python -m http(.)server for localhosting. And for sharing any of the git-pages providers. they are free.

Max Böck
@mxb.dev

They have a web-based HTML editor that lets you jump right in without a local IDE or git or anything like that. Just hack away at some markup 😅

Aki Fukai
@fukai.ch

What your kid go with? I’d had said glitch if it was still around or second what most said: Start simple with the fundamentals, just plain static HTML and CSS, put it on GH Pages, no Jekyll unless they are more into writing and publishing.

Jonas Downey
@jonas.do

We started with Neocities and she had a good time with it. The editor is essentially just HTML/CSS by hand, but it has a cool community vibe that’s inspiring. (There are a lot of example personal sites)