Quick Luddite Notes

🐧 Why do so many new Linux sites look almost identical?

Lately, I’ve been shocked by how many new websites seem to use the same template, with only slight changes! Some change the theming more than others, but visually, so many design elements are the same! A few examples below.

Blue themes:

Yellow-orange:

They seem to be static sites, and one hypothesis is that they’re using Astro + Tailwind CSS + shadcn/ui + Dark Mode + Inter + JetBrains Mono.

What a fuck-up.