A website by Nick Trombley.

Remember the internet? One millennial's jaded digital nostalgia.

The web was established with the best of intentions. The basic idea was that if everyone could share their thoughts and ideas with the world, the best ones would be vetted and float to the top. The bad ones would be ignored and pushed to the bottom.

There’s an increasing chasm dividing the modern web. On one side, the commercial, monopolies-riddled, media-adored web. A web which has only one objective: making us click. It measures clicks, optimises clicks, generates clicks. It gathers as much information as it could about us and spams every second of our life

An essay on the decline & revival of the personal website.

I've committed myself properly this to building my own personal platform. No fancy tech. No new tools. No distractions with the latest fad. It's taken me longer than expected. The year has been stressful. I've had lots to clean up, personally and professionally. Digitally and IRL. Merging of different places

I'm a writer and software developer. I currently work as a technical content marketer for PostHog, a suite of tools to help you build better products. I live in Vancouver, Canada. I write about internet communities, products, creation, AI, and crypto. I wrote Smart Young BC.