Because of working on web stuff for more than twenty years now, I often think, I know a lot of the common things regarding websites. Well, today I've been proven wrong once again.
When you can't find functions in your own code and have to spend a lot of time searching, overengineering might be the reason. I've done a massive cleanup of my site.
Has building websites become too complicated? We built a Kirby site in just two weeks while my colleague was in China, struggling with a shaky internet connection over VPN.
I keep reading about how complicated it has become to build and launch a simple website. Countless frameworks, bloated CMSs, and complicated deployments. My colleague and I decided to get his new website online as quickly as possible.
At konzentrik, we love to build small and large, useful tools and services designed to make life easier for us and many others. But what’s the point of all that development if no one knows about it?
On my own website, I’ve defined a thematic focus I rarely stray from. Many of our tools have only sporadically fit into this context (like our Crossposter). I pondered for quite some time how to change that.
As I embarked on building websites, layouts were still being created with tables, and design possibilities were limited. Animated GIFs were the highlight of every website. If one wanted a button to change color when hovered over, two images would be created and swapped - that was then.
I worked as a traditional web freelancer for many years, creating countless websites for agencies and private clients. Don't worry; I no longer used tables back then, but instead opted for CSS.
