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My first slash page

I've been reading a lot of blogs and looking at a lot of cool websites during the #blaugust2025 challenge. Seeing the amazing things people are making on the IndieWeb to disenshittified the web has been inspiring. One of the things that resonated with me, and is small enough to be easily actionable, are slash pages.

Slash pages are common pages you can add to your website, usually with a standard, root-level slug like /now, /about, or /uses. They tend to describe the individual behind the site and are distinguishing characteristics of the IndieWeb.

For my first slash page (technically the third but /about and /feed feel like freebies) I decided to go with /blank because it is funny, and serves the very serious purpose of being the easiest possible way to start with slash pages. "Which one should I do first and what will I put on it?" can quickly become overwhelming if you're prone to that sort of thinking, which I am, and /blank is a perfect remedy.

Every personal site should have slash pages. If you have a /blank on your site, send me a link so I can not read it!



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