The Internet Doesn’t Need Another Theme

Every few days, someone publishes another website template.

Some promise hundreds of components. Others advertise animations, dashboards, or integrations that most people will never use. They aren’t wrong to exist. Every project solves a different problem.

Still began somewhere else.

It began with the feeling that writing deserves a quieter home.

When we write, we ask readers for something increasingly valuable: their attention. That attention is easily interrupted—not only by notifications and advertisements, but by design itself. Motion competes with typography. Decoration competes with ideas.

Removing those distractions isn’t about minimalism for its own sake. It’s about creating space where words can breathe.

A good essay shouldn’t feel rushed because the interface is restless. It should unfold at its own pace.

Less interface, more conversation

The best design often disappears.

Readers shouldn’t notice the margins before they notice the sentences. They shouldn’t admire the navigation before they understand the argument.

Still doesn’t try to impress visitors during the first five seconds.

Instead, it hopes they’ll still be reading five minutes later.

Built to be changed

Although this repository offers an opinionated starting point, it isn’t precious about its decisions.

Change the colors.

Replace the typography.

Rewrite every component.

The goal isn’t to preserve a design forever, but to provide a foundation that remains understandable long after trends have moved on.

A slower web

Fast websites are often measured in milliseconds.

There’s another kind of speed worth considering: how quickly a page asks something of its visitor.

Still asks for almost nothing.

Open the page.

Read.

Close the laptop feeling that the internet can still be a quiet place.