My Simplicity Manifesto for Web Systems

🌐 Original Vision of the Web

The inventors of the Internet and of the Web, Tim Berners-Lee and Vint Cerf didn’t intend HTML to be a craft for hand-coders.
HTML was supposed to be invisible, a carrier of structure and meaning, not the centerpiece of endless complexity.
The Web was meant to be a social system first, enabling people to connect and collaborate without gatekeepers.

⚙️ My Philosophy of Development

Simplicity is Power: I focus on workflows where the visual truth of the page is always visible. The .HTM file is the building block — editable in both WYSIWYG and code.
Direct Database Integration: My framework is database-first. Data logic and UI live together, not in separate layers that require endless glue code.
Stability over Churn: My system has been stable for decades. Newer frameworks change every few months, but my foundation remains productive, reliable, and proven in real business environments.
Productivity First: With 25+ years of experience, I can deliver in hours what teams in “modern stacks” may need weeks to configure.

🏭 The Merchants of Complexity

The modern development ecosystem is full of merchants of complexity:

They introduce endless frameworks, toolchains, and “best practices” that constantly shift.
They sell the idea that only the newest tool can save you, ensuring developers stay dependent on training, consulting, and reinvention.
Complexity becomes a product in itself — an economy of churn.

Their model thrives on making things harder than they need to be.

✨ My Counter-Approach

Transparency: Every page is plain HTML — anyone can “view source.”
Visual Workflow: I use tools like Pinegrow to keep the design live, not hidden behind build pipelines.
Lean Integration: Bootstrap 5, Font Awesome, or HTMX can be dropped in without disrupting the core simplicity.
Resilience: My enterprise framework, decades old, is still more productive for me than any newcomer stack.

I am not chasing the latest fad. I am building systems that last.

✅ Guiding Principle

Complexity is a business model. Simplicity is a craft.
I choose simplicity — because it delivers more value, more stability, and more freedom.