Comment by FearNotDaniel

It's still REALLY EASY to make websites that look and feel exactly how you want, just like it was back then. Server space is dirt cheap. Anyone can register a domain, dirt cheap. HTML and CSS* still work without any JS whatsoever. And if you feel the need to use JS, it is absolutely not necessary to get sucked into the world of "modern" web development that suddenly requires 1000s of dependencies and a complex build process.

Be the change you want to see in the world. Get creative. Tell your friends.

* to be fair, CSS is possibly where the rot started to set in... some poorly thought-out design choices from 20 years ago are still haunting us. But stick to the basics and focus on the content instead, it still gets the job done.