“Hey, we simplified everything!”
proceeds to require 47 files, a compiler, and a doctorate

We’re good.
Let’s just make websites again.

How it feels to build your HTML/CSS without unnecessary frameworks or slow scripts—while keeping full control over your markup, adding micro-interactions, animations, and creating something that actually stands out in a template-driven web.

WordPress is great if you enjoy puzzles like:
“Which plugin is secretly deciding my font size?”

If you're the kind of person who needs to know how things are built (my kind of people) well...go here hotpage.dev/alice/one 👀

Chapter 1: Down the Rabbit-Hole

Read it on Hot Page alice.hot.page/one

You haven’t truly read Alice in Wonderland until the words
“Down Down Down” get bigger as you fall with them.
Scroll-powered existential crisis included.

HotFX Slinky

Get it here

fx.hot.page/slinky

If your website feels too normal, I made a web component for that.
It's for headlines like:
“Look at me.”
“LOOK at me.”
“L O O K A T M E.”

A little CSS can save you from paying $29/month forever. It's something your human brain can learn in a weekend.

hotpage.dev/heroes/redd...
Grab the code, use it free on Hot Page

A Hero exploration based on some retro monochrome style. Don't you dare say it's TRON-lik. Built with pure HTML/CSS

IT'S obviously supported through our web page builder since every new CSS update is instantly available, no need to wait for "Webflow ver. 65.1245 alpha .12".

It's a big win for all you design nerds out there, but check on the compatibility first mkay? caniuse.com/?search=squ...

i'll bring my spork to the party
x.com/Ibelick/sta...

Inline styles aren’t “bad practice.”
They’re direct action.
Edit → effect.
No middlemen. No politics. Just control.

Every modern design tool:
“Here’s 400 toggles.”
Hot Page:
“Here’s the code.”

Is every “no-code” tool just “same code” with extra steps?

icons! SO MANY ICONS! more than 275,000 thank you very much. All available for free in your favorite Hot Page editor's code library

Paying Webflow or Framer to ship a landing page?
Wild move.

Just build it on Hot Page 🔥 for free:

1. Log in
2. Create a new site
3. Write actual HTML/CSS (or whatever web tech you want)
4. Hit “Publish”

🔥 Bonus: connecting a domain IS FREE

If you’ve customized WordPress, you’ve already touched more code than most people admit.

If you ever want to build without the background hum of “plugin conflict detected,”... Hot Page (it's our Web builder) is pretty peaceful, we'd love you to try it.

grab this hero at hotpage.dev/heroes/brut...

someone said glass should be everywhere now? my ninja CSS skillz oblige

AI gets you a starting point.
Real control still comes from touching the actual code.
Everything else is marketing gloss.

AI builders can guess your intent, but they can’t design your intent.

Seemed fitting: classic art to discuss the death of originality on the web.

I also feel classic art 'elevate' memes a bit.

Exactly — same blueprint, different paint.
That’s most website builders today.

Structure is great.
Cookie-cutters aren’t.
You can have hierarchy, clarity, UX and personality — the web isn’t allergic to that combo.

Funny thing: Myspace had zero “proper structure” and people still found what they needed.
Maybe users like personality more than we think.

If “this episode is sponsored by Squarespace” were a website, it’d be… well, you know exactly what it’d look like.

I refused to template a meme about templates. Felt cursed.

Framer Just Got WAY Too Expensive 💸 Framer's new pricing looks simple, but it gets crazy expensive fast. This breakdown exposes the real cost of using Framer for client work, from the €45/month...

If you think coding your own site is painful, wait till you see how Framer charges for growth.

Here’s the breakdown:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wy...

Consistency in UI is good. Consistency in every website ever… maybe not.