The Obligatory First Post

Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

After twenty six years of writing and publishing on the world wide web, how is this considered "the first post?" Because I have started over- a clean slate.

I spent a lot of time writing and coding a different design for the site and then played around with new experimental site features. I learned a lot, but I quickly burned out. It was too much. The content (2,300+ posts) was too big. The fun experimental features were too much. The entire site felt heavy and slow to load.

There was a moment when I was tempted to take it all down and just grab a pen and paper to journal instead.

But after twenty six years, I could not just give it all up. I've invested time, money and effort into it. The website timeline has outlasted my marriage so it must count for something, yeah?

I decided it was time for a clean slate. A fresh, simple, minimal, meaningful design. No distracting header announcing CHRISDENBOW.WEBSITE. No logo. No sidebars, nothing that was distracting. Simple.

Instead, you'll find a subtle white backdrop, the system font found on any Apple device, and low-opacity teal highlighting.

The current article is on top, followed by links to subscribe via RSS or email me.

Below all of that would be the previous articles written on this new design.

All previous 26 years and the entire site design I did in October are still intact under a subdomain Archives.

I lose nothing but have gained that fresh start that was needed.

I'll add some tweaks here and there but for now, the obligatory first post is live.

Chris Denbow

The Obligatory First Post