> How precious. I thought that the novelty of "my website is a terminal" had worn off by now, but oh well.

Gratuitous negativity violates HN's guidelines and is not welcome here. If you have criticisms to make, make them substantively. This is not a site for spewing bile.

>How precious. I thought that the novelty of "my website is a terminal" had worn off by now, but oh well

Whereas the novelty of rude remarks for no real reason keeps on giving!

Are you having a bad day?

You are suggesting using screen space for the use case of a new user. Some people optimize for people that are already familiar with the program.

Both are valid options, so it's a bit silly to criticize just because it's not your preferred use case.

Damn it - it seems I mistakingly replied to the whole thread, when I intended to reply to this post:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9276508

It’s a personal website, not a landing page (and hosted on a platform that encourages experimenting). I’d argue that in this case not everything needs to be optimized for the new user’s sake.

Ugh, my bad. I don't even know why I thought it was a landing page to begin with. Still, the same argument applies: for a personal website by a non-celebrity (status), it's pointless indirection to have to (for newcomers) explicitly have to ask for how to access other sites, and accessing other sites is the whole point of the website (besides the "novelty"). Oh, that and changing the 'terminals' background colour, I guess.