Madrigal

It’s my opinion that the modern web is massively enshittified, and was so long before that term came into play.

Too much focus on flashy (and often obstructive) presentation, constant reinvention of the wheel, and no regard for the actual information being delivered.

I mean, you mention “semantic markup” to your average web developer and they just stare at you blankly. They’re like the seagulls from Finding Nemo: DIV? DIV! DIV!

Useful information structures? Meaningful metadata? Consistent patterns? Forget about it.

HTML and JavaScript are part of the problem. They provide too much freedom and not nearly enough structure or guidance.

And even if you put all that aside, JavaScript is an abomination that is entirely unsuited to the purpose it’s being used for. Ask any JS developer. Or look at how many ridiculous frameworks have been slapped over the top of it in a vain attempt to address its inadequacies.

> Uses JavaScript in 2025.

> Complains about enshittification.

Doesn’t look remotely like the guy in that original mugshot they were flashing around.

“West Germany, though, so you can imagine how that conversation went.”

And the high-range dosimeter from the safe burned out immediately. It must have been faulty!