alt Hacker NewsI love Dan's writing. I really do. But I don't understand why he doesn't have some basic styling on his blog so that it's easier to read.
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Enabling 'reader mode' in supporting browsers usually takes care of this.
It may be an artistic/engineering choice to demonstrate what minimizing bloat to an extreme degree looks like.
body { margin: 5%; }
That's all it needs, responsive enough for all devices. He can keep his styleless design but margin is always needed.
Users being able to supply their own stylesheet is a core tenant of CSS. Go nuts and make it look however your heart desires!
HN’s favorite CS professor homepage webpage-style author is on top of the AIs but sticking with keeping out newfangled CSS. Nothing could tell us more about clanker inevitability.
reader mode helps.
I love this take because I had exactly the opposite idea. I thought the combo of remarkably simple text (not even wrapped) with incredible, full width visualizations was chef's kiss. I really like the balance there personally, but I hear you. Does your browser have Reader Mode or something like that? I don't use those tools personally, but I believe they will recast the text parts into something that renders optimally for reading (ideal font size, number of characters per line, etc....).