Wirth's Law threatens to make things even worse. As software rots, multinationals may become the only players capable of making websites.

But people like Bartosz Ciechanowski are forging paths to elegant futures. The source code for his mechanical watch demo is proof that honest software is viable. Each guide is erected as a giant wall of WebGL. It'... See more

I evoke the term 'handmade web' in order to advocate for an ongoing active engagement with the making of web pages and of web policies.