First saw it at Tuesday's place, created by MOUSEcky

1. Please introduce yourself.
I'm (un-) known on the internet as KayZoka. Kaya for short
2. How long have you been making websites?
My Neocities profile was created at 2025-02-01. I didn't make any websites before this
3. And what got you into the hobby?
This video
4. What kind of website are you most interested in?
A website that has personality, it's own identity. One that's recognizable
5. What's your workflow? Do you plan your websites out thoroughly or do you come up with the design as you go along?
I have a faint vision for my website and I try to cement it into reality as I work on it
6. Please link to your biggest inspirations.
twelve men june route to 16 kitmeow
7. What's your favourite part about making websites?
Seeing it work as intended, when it finally "just works"
8. And the thing you struggle with the most?
Making big changes to alredy somewhat done pages. I'm lazyyyy! They're good enoughhhh!!
9. Do you keep the same layout on all of your pages? Or do you use different ones?
KNET currently has 2 layouts. One for the update section and the other for everything else
10. How confident are you with CSS?
Feels like I'm on shaky scaffolding without support. I didn't fall yet
11. Do you know how to correctly use <dl>?
Looking at the template for this questionnaire, now I do
12. What is your favourite HTML element?
<!DOCTYPE html>
13. If you're making a new web page from scratch, what is the first thing you do?
Have a clear idea of what it will be about, and its visuals if it requires them
If you mean actions, then Ctrl + N -> Ctrl + S and give it a name
14. Do you know JavaScript?
Yes. It's no different to most other languages and I can search MDN (link later) for methods and functions
15. How about PHP?
No, and I don't think I'll ever need it. For this webste, at least
16. Does your website have a theme that you stick to?
I guess it does? CSS wise, yes. Content wise, most of the things I'm interested in are quite connected
17. Are you more focused on content or design?
Oscillating both
18. Do you own a domain name? If not, would you ever want to?
kayzoka.net. I got the exact one I wanted and it's not that expensive, actually! (compared to Internet and electricity costs...)
19. What do you think of nostalgia-focused or "retro" websites?
Do whatever you want!
20. Is your HTML valid? Do you even check?
Yes
21. What are your opinion on buttons and banners?
So cool!
22. What do you think of button walls in particular?
Mostly indifferent. There's a point when they become too big
23. If you started over again, would you make something similar or completely different?
Untill the vision doesn't faint, I'd probably do the same thing. Theme-wise, at least
24. Are you envious of other people's websites?
Sometimes
25. What text editor do you use?
Sublime text
26. Why do you use that one?
Neovim is too hard to configure (I tried to three times during the last year), Visual studio code is Microsoft's. VScodium is icky
27. Do you host your image files on your web server, or on another host?
On my own. Less dependency the better
28. This might not be relevant to you, but what's your opinion on the Neocities vs. Nekoweb debate?
I don't know the details. You should pick what fits you best
29. How much server space would you estimate your main website takes up?
Currently, the compiled directive weighs 2.9MB
30. Do you keep local backups of your files?
I keep the development code of KNET on my git forge and push the compiled directive to the server from my PC. Any other services hosted on KNET are kept only on the server
31. Do you prefer simple or highly visual websites?
Whatever unless they are way, way too eye straining or some parts are inaccessible because of decoration
32. Do you stick to certain colours? Do you do that on purpose, or is it your subconscious?
Orange is deliberate, else is subconscious
33. Have you ever thought about quitting? Why?
No way!
34. Do you have many webmaster friends, or is it a solitary hobby?
If you consider backlinked buttons to be friends, then I have some
If you consider friends people you talk to from time to time, then it's solitary
35. Do people in your real life know about your website?
I avoid talking about it but some know about the domain name and could have looked it up
36. Do you update your website very often? How often is "very often"?
Sometimes that means all day several days straight
37. And the overall design, do you change that much? Why or why not?
No. The vision is the same
38. Is your website more you-focused, hobby-focused, or outside world-focused?
Me-focused, but I can't help but be influenced by my hobbies and the outside world
39. Do you do web design professionally?
I don't think I'm competent enough for that yet
40. If not, would you like to? And if you're comfortable answering, what do you do for work?
Hell no.
41. Do you communicate with people by email very much?
While instant messengers repeat xkcd#927, email is the only consistent way of reaching out to other people with websites
42. Some people reject social media and use websites as a replacement. Do you keep social media outside of your website?
I have a fediverse account, but I haven't configured the instance enough yet to be able to use it actively. Having a website is much, much better though, go do that NOW if you don't have one
43. How about instant messengers? Do you use a mainstream one like Discord or Telegram? Or something like Matrix? Do you avoid them?
First two are proprietary. I'm peer pressured to use Telegram in real life, but personally, I like XMPP far more. matrix.org, the biggest Matrix server, is blocked in my region. Little reason to use Matrix over its inconveniences
44. Do you listen to music while you work on websites? If so, what kinds of artists?
Nowadays I listen to less and less music. I like being in the quiet
45. Do you keep everything you make on one website, or do you have more than one?
I have subdomains for stuff that technologically can't be put on one domain (technically they can but it'd be a mess)
46. On a similar note, do you keep to one topic on your site, or many?
Depends on how broad you think of 'one topic'. Many technology-centric topics
47. Do you present your real self, or at least try? Or do you construct a persona on purpose?
Try T^T
48. Have you ever made a good friend thanks to your website?
Haven't made any yet T^T
49. Are you happy with the way HTML and CSS currently work?
It's pretty nice, actually. I even have ideas on how to extend it
50. What are practices that you think people should avoid?
Using deprecated HTML, CSS etc. There must've been a reason to deprecate them
51. What about under-utilised practices, or things you think people should do more?
Globally, more personal websites, FLOSS and less hate. In the peripheral web, definitely less hate. Feels like there's too many 'I hate x' buttons and stamps and stuff. Like yeah, they're not wrong, but in my opinion 'hate' is a reeaally strong word
52. Do you use a lot of semantic HTML? Or are you guilty of generic structure?
I try my best to use semantic HTML
53. Do you consider different browsers?
I test on a Gecko-based browser and on a Blink-based browser
54. Speaking of, what's your preferred browser? Convince your readers why they should use it.
I personally use Librewolf. It's a Firefox fork that focuses on more privacy and less useless features. (Firefox's addition of (proprietary only as well!!) AI is so confusing to me. Why?!?)
55. And what OS are you on?
I use Arch btw
56. Do you have a strong opinion on that, or do you just happen to use it?
Not really a strong opinion, but it's lightweight and I had to set up everything myself. This means more control and customization, and if anything goes wrong, then it'll only be my fault. Also bragging rights
57. Are your websites mobile-friendly?
I develop desktop first, and then try to fit it on a mobile screen
58. What are your thoughts on autoplay?
It's been so abused in the past that everyone hates it now. So nobody uses it. So when I find an autoplaying page, it's a nice surprise
59. What are your thoughts on webrings? Are you in any?
Awesome stuff!!!
60. Do you have any web shrines? What do you like to see in that sort of page?
I don't, and I don't know if I will. I don't visit web shrines that often
61. Are your websites "cliche", in your opinion?
Depends on how broad you think of 'cliche'. I want to believe that my website's quite original
62. What is your ideal website? Are you striving for that, or for something else?
The vision is the (impossible to reach from the start) ideal. The closer the website is to the vision, the better
63. Are you an artist? Do you draw or design your own assets?
I make my own assets when I need them
64. What are your favourite resource sites?
MDN, Can I use?, W3Schools
65. Is there a habit you just can't get away from no matter how hard you try?
I dislike the way I write. I think I write "I" too often
66. What's your biggest advice for a new webmaster?
If you want a website with many pages, then save yourself a headache and sore fingers and just use a static website generator (if not, or if you want a radically new design for every page, it would probably be overkill)
67. Do you keep all your styling in CSS? Or do you hard-code some?
Classes and identifiers in the HTML, everything else in separate CSS files. Learnt that the hard way
68. What do you think of frameset layouts?
They're deprecated. <iframe>s are cool if you want to embed some media, especially from different websites. But if you want to use them like <frameset>s, see answer to number 66
69. How about table-based layouts?
<table> is for data, not layouts. CSS tables are a big headache and are way too niche for me, but they can work so well if you meet a use case
70. Do you subscribe to the ideas of "one-column", "two-column" and "three-column" layouts? Do you use any of these?
Had to search what that was, but I still don't quite understand. I guess my website's technically one-column?
71. Do you spend longer on the HTML or the CSS?
The M in HTML is 'Markup'. You mark up a general structure. CSS is where the tinkering and fine-tuning begins (The answer is CSS)
72. Have you ever made a page with no CSS? It's useful for your thoughts.
I'll try if I won't forget (I will forget) (I forgot)
73. Do you ever find yourself making layouts with nothing to put on them? Or do you only make layouts when the need arises?
There was one time that I made a layout with too much spare space, not necessarily contentless layouts
74. Would you consider yourself a beginner? Or advanced? Somewhere in the middle?
Depends on how broad you think of 'a beginner'. I don't consider myself a beginner, but there's also no 'end game' or 'skill ceiling' in web development
75. Do you have a habit of looking at the source code of websites you visit?
Yess
76. How did YOU learn how to make websites?
It was sooo long ago that I don't really remember. I knew how to write HTML (in theory, at least) when I was like, 11-12 years old?
77. Do you ever force elements to do things they're not supposed to?
I hope not
78. Thoughts on floating elements?
Never used. Flexbox is more intuitive for me
79. When you're sizing stuff, what do you use first? Do you use px, em, %, or something else?
rem for fonts, em for layouts
80. Do you have a favourite font?
Maple mono, Libre Baskerville, sitelen seli kiwen
81. Would you run a website with another person? How would that work?
That's such a fun idea! I think we would have some pages &or directories that only one of us controls, and some 'shared' pages where we have a dialogue-like discussion of a topic, and we could have different stylesheets to reflect who's writing and-...
82. Do you surf the Web to find new personal websites very often?
Not as often as I update my site, but I sure do love surfin' the web
83. Do you bookmark other people's websites? How would you feel knowing someone else bookmarked yours?
I have the interlinked section for stuff I find exceedingly interesting. It would be an honor if I'd get bookmarked or linked to
84. What do you want people to be most impressed with when they see your website?
I just do what I feel like doing. The website's not developed to have a big point of interest in mind
85. Are you interested in technology outside of websites? Do you collect?
Yes! First to come to my mind are Internet protocols in general and game development. I don't have any collections apart from the interlinked section
86. How often and for how long are you online?
'online' where? I don't play video games that often now so I'm usually not in my friend's group chat and I'm currently not engaging in any conversations online
87. When it comes to your website, who is your target audience?
Me. I Am The Only User
88. Have you ever been interested in XHTML?
XHTML is more strict. Aside from the technical wonders of implementing such technology, I dislike the HTML's ability to render no matter what. So yes. I used XHTML5 before the website moved to 11ty
89. Do you program in general? Have you ever written a program for use with or on your website, not counting simple JavaScript?
I do, not that often now, though. Yes! The website has a backend that I access AJAX-style (basically via JavaScript. The backend doesn't generate any HTML)
90. Speaking of programs that help you make websites, what do you think of static site generators (SSGs)? Have you ever used one?
Currently, the website's being developed on Eleventy. It's so much easier
91. Do you keep a hitcounter? Why or why not?
A like counter because without one I can't tell whether anything even works
92. Do you frequent forums? Which ones?
Arch linux forums when I have issues with my system, Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange when I have issues with other tech, but I'm a lurker everywhere except KNET
93. Do you write your page content directly into the editor, or do you prepare it elsewhere, like a text document or a Word document?
My pages are written in Markdown before getting processed by 11ty. Does that count?
94. Do you think you appear cool to others? A more accurate answer now: do other people ever say you're cool?
Surpisingly, yes
95. Are you embarrassed of your old work? Have you ever deleted everything out of shame?
Of course I was, and of course I did, and I'm still embarassed of stuff I've done, but that means I've grown
96. Would you close down your website if you couldn't update it, or would you leave an archive?
Archive for sure
97. Do you reveal a lot about yourself on your website? Or are you more secretive?
I want to but I'm paranoid of oversharing &or doxxing myself
98. Are you willing to reveal who your best online friend is, and/or if they have a website?
I don't really have one currently and as far as I'm aware nobody I could call a friend online had a website
99. And do you optimise the images on your website?
I try to but I might forget
100. We're out of time! How do you feel after answering 100 questions? ....other than exhausted.
Gotta quit proctrastinating and go do homework now I guess