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Imagine a webpage that immediately loads, effortlessly implemented and never needs a security update.
I use Pure HTML and CSS to achieve all of that and to build things in a fraction of time.
Building HTML pages is easy
As software engineers, I think we tend to make things over-mselier. If you have recently built web pages, you probably used HTML and CSS, but you probably also have a complex framework, over-engineered javascript, crazy implementation routines and more used.
For me, building pure HTML and CSS pages, on the other hand, is a breeze and a joy.
Pure HTML is evergreen
HTML was invented by Tim Berners-Lee in 1991 while working on the World Wide Web at CERN. Some of the earliest examples of web pages are included in the Documentation about the WWW project.
These pages are still displayed in modern web browsers.
You could claim that that is simple documentation. I agree, but that is the most of what we consume on the internet. And only because the documentation does not mean that it should be just and boring. Although they often do the job better than a complex layout.
Bloated web pages are too slow
In 2024, a study looked at more than eight million websites and the normal page size found 2.65 MB and grew at a speed of 8% per year.
That is more energy, more carbon, more bandwidth and more time.
Some of our services keep pace. Internet speeds have increased around 20 times in recent decade. That much surpasses the page size, but not everyone has access to these faster services. Users in the countryside are mainly influenced. Moreover, we have all felt these problems with the limited data that are available on our mobile devices in some areas.
In addition to page funding, we see delays caused by latency and display times.
Small pages quickly feel on every network and pure HTML and CSS views fast.
I can host it everywhere, often free
I can host pure HTML pages almost everywhere. Many of my pages are hosted on Github. In extra, most cloud providers have free levels that I would have difficult to exceed with a lightweight HTML site.
It is also still possible to place and serve a webpage on a Raspberry Pi from my home office.
Accessibility and SEO benefits are automatic
Regular (semantic) HTML tags work better for accessibility and they rank better for SEO.
I see a lot of modern work that completely re -implements adapted components. If you have the time and budget, great, but it is really difficult to get all the accessibility good.
The use of standard HTML tags is simple and I get all of that for free. Browser sellers have implemented and tested them for years.
I can usually think of unique ways to use standard components to achieve most of my goals.
It does not need security patches
If my page is static (only left, text and basic tags), I probably never have to edit them to edit security reasons.
HTML injection attacks have been around for almost as long as the internet, but they usually include JavaScript or server-side processing. Pure HTML has a minimal attack surface and is usually immune to the security problems that bully complex projects.
That means no dependency updates and no security vulnerabilities to chase.
There are no build steps
I have worked on many different web projects. For most modern projects there is a long list of building steps. In most cases I would hardly be pressed to take something into use without at least a readmic file over all the necessary steps.
Some of my favorite projects I used git push As my method to implement.
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Written by Joel Dare on July 14, 2025.
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