Anonymous
March 17, 2026 at 5:41:32 PM
share your website!:
guszone.neocities.org
Hi! Came here by reading your manifesto on doing things the inconvenient way. I liked it a lot! While I'll admit that I *did* start my website via a site template, it's my long term goal to make the code as completely mine as makes sense. It's funny because I spent years bouncing off of programming whenever I tried to learn, but now that I'm making my own little space on Neocities, I'm learning and enjoying it! Turns out I just needed a fun way to apply the skills, and some good guidance.
Best,
Gus
Replied on: March 18, 2026 at 4:51:56 AM
I'm so glad that post resonates so well with people, ty! I think it's totally fine if you use a template, when I first started with Neocities I was super lost and needed to read through templates and other people's code to get a handle on things too lol But I dislike when people use something like Squarespace to make a website and it turns out looking so boring and corporate-friendly :<
Also I totally feel that about programming being enjoyable when it's a fun little project instead of just being a Skill to develop. Your site is lovely btw, thanks for stopping by!