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Content first
If the words don't earn their place, no grid will save them.
RecursiveVol. 01
Read it →A website · about websites · made by a website
The web is a conversation with itself.
Every site you've ever loved was a series of small, stubborn decisions — a typeface chosen at 2 a.m., a margin nudged by four pixels, a copy line rewritten seven times. This is a field guide to those decisions.
PublishedJun 2026
Reading time∞ minutes
FormatHTML, of course
Six principles of the craft
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Type is interface
Choose two faces, set them well, and most design problems dissolve.
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Whitespace works
Empty space isn't waste — it's where the eye breathes and the mind decides.
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Performance is design
A site that loads in 300ms feels better than one that loads in 3s. Always.
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Constraints liberate
A small palette, a fixed grid, a single accent. The box is the freedom.
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Ship the thing
A live site beats a perfect mockup. Iterate in public. The web forgives.
§ 02 — Anatomy
What a website is actually made of.
HTML
The bones. Semantic, accessible, indestructible.
CSS
The skin. Cascading, opinionated, recently brilliant.
JS
The nerves. Use sparingly. It's heavier than you think.
Taste
The soul. Cannot be installed via npm.
§ 03 — Process
Sketch → wireframe → prototype → ship → notice everything wrong → fix half → ship again.
“Making a website is the act of arranging known materials — text, image, link — into a shape someone has never seen before. The medium is small. The room for invention is vast.”
§ 04 — The people
Built by two friends who think the web deserves better.
Aaron and Braxton have been building things together for seven years. They started because they were tired of websites that felt like templates, and they haven't stopped since.
Aaron
Believes the best sites are built with stubborn care — nudging margins at 2 a.m., rewriting copy seven times, and never shipping until it feels right.
Braxton
Thinks in systems and constraints. The one who argues for less JavaScript, tighter grids, and the quiet courage to leave things out.
The manifesto
Build small things. Build them well. Then build the next one.
The best websites aren't products. They're letters from one human to another, dressed up in CSS. Write yours.
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