I literally had the same thought about the counter and went to see if there was an HN thread to post about it on :-). PHP4 on shared hosting was such an innocent time.

When you encounter an actual vintage site that has been online since the '90's, that's sometimes the only thing that breaks :)

There were no other dependencies.

Looks like the characteristic error message puts the final realistic touch on what the real thing looks like any more :)

How complete will today's websites render 30 years from now?