# 0002 Cut Out The Bloat

> Problem: But I wanted to try something new, and I am happy with the results. Approach: I am not innocent of this, I have built many bloated applications. Outcome: There are so many frameworks and tools that are all shouting for attention.

## Agent Digest

- Problem: But I wanted to try something new, and I am happy with the results.
- Aaron's position: But I wanted to try something new, and I am happy with the results.
- Approach: I am not innocent of this, I have built many bloated applications.
- Outcome: There are so many frameworks and tools that are all shouting for attention.
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  - And there's nothing wrong with that. (Article)
  - You can do it with just HTML, CSS, and Python. (Article)
  - This site is built with Django, could it have been built with a static site generator? (Article)
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  - But we should at least be aware of what we're putting into our projects. (Article)
  - But if you're just building a simple website, you don't need all of that. (Article)
  - But I am trying to cut out the bloat and get back to the basics. (Article)
  - But I wanted to try something new, and I am happy with the results. (Article)

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- Category: tech
- Published: 2026-03-26T17:04:55+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-08T16:59:29.713531+00:00
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## Takeaways

- But I wanted to try something new, and I am happy with the results. (Article)

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## Body

Web dev has become such a bloated mess. There are so many frameworks and tools that are all shouting for attention. It's time to cut out the bloat and get back to the basics.

I'm not saying we should all be using just HTML and CSS. That would be ridiculous. But we should at least be aware of what we're putting into our projects. And we should be using the right tool for the job.

For example, there's a lot of talk about using frameworks like React and Vue. And there's nothing wrong with that. But if you're just building a simple website, you don't need all of that. You can do it with just HTML, CSS, and Python.

I am not innocent of this, I have built many bloated applications. But I am trying to cut out the bloat and get back to the basics.

This site is built with Django, could it have been built with a static site generator? Yes. But I wanted to try something new, and I am happy with the results. As I mentioned in [my first blog post](https://aaronspindler.com/b/0001_what_even_is_this/) , I felt that most blogging platforms are very bloated and clunky.

The framework I built for this blog isn't perfect though, as I discuss in [this follow-up post](https://aaronspindler.com/b/0004_this_blog_aint_perfect/) , but it gets the job done without unnecessary complexity.

## Links

- [my first blog post](https://aaronspindler.com/b/0001_what_even_is_this/) (internal)
- [this follow-up post](https://aaronspindler.com/b/0004_this_blog_aint_perfect/) (internal)

## Related Posts

- [0001 What Even Is This](https://aaronspindler.com/b/personal/0001_What_Even_Is_This/)
- [0004 This Blog Aint Perfect](https://aaronspindler.com/b/personal/0004_This_Blog_Aint_Perfect/)