Go to your email. Search "unsubscribe." Click three of them right now. I’ll wait. 3. The Aesthetic: "Neobrutalist Borders" I’ve been watching a design trend pop up on personal sites: thick, black borders, stark drop-shadows, and monospace fonts. It’s the anti-SaaS look.
For Mini Link Craft #21, I’m leaning into the raw. No hero images. No modals. Just text and links. It’s surprisingly refreshing. 4. The Best Link I Found This Week Title: “A website is a house for your thoughts.” Author: Anonymous (via a Neocities user page). mini link craft 21
Don't add anything new. Just cut. Remove the adverbs. Kill the preamble. See if the skeleton of the idea is stronger than the flesh you wrapped around it. Go to your email
Keep crafting. — [Your Name] If you enjoyed this, forward it to one friend who still uses a blogroll. That’s the highest compliment you can pay a mini link craft. For Mini Link Craft #21, I’m leaning into the raw
Check out (a JS library) and Neobrutalist Web Design on Are.na. It’s ugly-beautiful. It says, “I am not trying to sell you a subscription. I am trying to show you a thought.”
Let’s get into the 21st edition. First up, a philosophical crumb from Derek Sivers (as always). He recently updated a note titled “Reliability is overrated.” His argument? The modern web is too perfect. Buttons always work. Pages never 404. We’ve lost the thrill of the abandoned GeoCities site or the personal blog that hasn't been updated since 2014.
The post was a simple journal entry comparing digital hoarding (200 open tabs) to a messy physical attic. The author deleted 12 drafts and published a half-finished poem just to prove the house didn't need to be perfect to be lived in.
