🔙 Dave Shea is Back!
I was delighted to see one of my archived RSS feeds light up with a new post:
Creating a new personal website in 2026 is certainly a choice.
The commercial web is a disaster of privacy invasion, pop up annoyances, and ads that drown out content. Most social media is a dumpster fire best left in the rearview. Bots outnumber people while siphoning up every thought you or I publish. Minor algorithm tweaks by a major tech company can wipe out small businesses at the drop of a hat. Corporate earnings growth has seen to wringing out every last cent that can be made from exploiting the wreckage of what was once a free and open sphere of information sharing.
But, a human-centric internet can still exist if we want it to. I want to add my voice back with those keeping craft and humanity alive on this place we all used to love. Why not get back to my roots and revive some not-quite-forgotten skills that have languished for years, and just have some fun again? Those of us who were there still remember what this place used to be, here’s my small part in bringing it back.
That's exactly what I've been doing with this site. The more the merrier! Welcome back, Dave.