A Trip Through the Delightfully Retro Homepages of Programming Language Creators
A new roundup making the rounds on Hacker News collects personal websites belonging to the creators of well-known programming languages, and the results are a nostalgic trip. Many of these pages look untouched since the early 2000s, featuring plain HTML, minimal styling, and a refreshing lack of modern web bloat.
The collection highlights how figures behind languages we rely on daily often keep a low-key, almost anti-corporate web presence, in stark contrast to polished company blogs and marketing sites. It's a small window into the culture of early web-era programmers who built tools without needing flashy personal branding.
The list has sparked discussion among developers reminiscing about the era when personal sites were handcrafted rather than templated.