Gregory's Server
Accept certain inalienable truths: connection speeds will rise, techbros will grift, you too will get old-- and when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young websites were light-weight, tech founders were noble and fonts used to be bigger.
Respect the W3C.
Ask for help and people will support you.
Maybe you have a patreon, maybe you have venture capital funding; but you never know when either one might run out.
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Don't mess too much with your tabbing order, or by the time you've got arthritis, using a keyboard will be useless.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it.
The old web is a form of nostalgia. Rebuilding it needs to be more than fishing the past from the disposal, painting over the inaccessible parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.
But trust me on the websites.
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