Back to Basics: Rediscovering the Simplicity of HTML Websites

This article traces the history of the World Wide Web, from its initial ideal of information sharing to its current state, filled with ads, tracking, and complex frameworks. The author advocates a return to simplicity, promoting the creation of small, hand-coded HTML websites to recapture the original simplicity and freedom of the World Wide Web. The article provides steps for creating a basic website and expresses a desire to escape the excessive commercialization and complexity of the modern web, calling for a return to the spirit of pure information sharing.