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canopic jug [soylentnews.org] writes:

Low-tech Magazine explains how to build a low-tech web site [lowtechmagazine.com], using its own (solar powered) web site as an example. They cover both the web design and the actual hardware in use, an Olimex A20. The idea is to radically reduce the energy use associated with accessing the content, seeing as complex designs with Javascript have burdensome resource requirements that translate into increased use of electricity. Renewable power sources alone are not enough to address the growing energy use of the Internet. Their server is also self-hosted so there’s no need for third-party tracking and cookies either.

Low-tech Magazine was born in 2007 and has seen minimal changes ever since. Because a website redesign was long overdue — and because we try to practice what we preach — we decided to build a low-tech, self-hosted, and solar-powered version of Low-tech Magazine. The new blog is designed to radically reduce the energy use associated with accessing our content.

Earlier on SN:
Conservative Web Development [soylentnews.org] (2018)
About a Third of All Web Sites Run on WordPress [soylentnews.org] (2018)
Please, Keep your Blog Light [soylentnews.org] (2018)

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