My website is absolutely for me. Anyone who wants to visit is welcome though, I put it online for a reason. (You're also free to move along for that matter, that's up to you.)

The article states "A website isn't art". This product mindset fundamentally makes the web a boring place. I would personally welcome all websites that are art.

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_fat_santa 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

One distinction the author didn't make was personal sites vs product / services sites. My personal site is for me, but the site for my SaaS app? That's for my customers.

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satvikpendem 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

They're not talking about personal websites, they're talking about business ones.

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simpaticoder an hour ago | parent [-]

Wouldn't it be nice if there were less of a distinction? Think of old school mom-and-pop shops, which were actually a reflection of who they were, personally, vs. Wal-Mart or Target. Which main street do you prefer?

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malfist an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Depends on what I'm trying to do. I don't need your whole life story, Sarah, about how this recipe reminds you of your great aunt's second cousin's half sister's second home balcony plants. I'm just trying to figure out what seasoning blend makes up blackening spice. I'm not even here for the meatloaf recipe, just the spice blend.

	▲	simpaticoder 9 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		9 times out of 10 I'd listen to Sarah's stories. Is buying a spice blend really so urgent and important? So much of life is lived incidental to transactions. Not everything improves with productivity.

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satvikpendem an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Whichever converts better is good for their business and actually supports the mom and pop business materially over merely aesthetic views on their website design.

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jstummbillig an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

In a mom-and-pop shop you still want good electrical wiring.