The 90s Called and They Want Their Websites Back
summary
Argues that modern JAMstack restores the simplicity of 90s personal sites by showing a working project: PRAIRIE BOOTH, a static React single‑page app exported to Netlify that uses Photon (WASM) for image filters (claimed 4–10× faster than JS) and Fabric.js for canvas sticker/rotation/z‑index editing. Deploys on push via Git, adds Datadog RUM to capture clicks vs. drags and popular filters/stickers, finds and fixes mobile interaction bugs, and reports that the site performs and iterates based on real user metrics.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction and speaker background
- 2:53Early personal websites in the 90s
- 9:29Personal sites in the 2000s
- 12:17Modern complexity and JAMstack
- 15:47Project demo: Prairie Booth
- 21:33Technical details of Prairie Booth
- 27:35Summary and call to action
