one site in particular deserves special acknowledgement.
ribo.zone is incredible and inspires so much of this design.
definitely the dithered images and lowercase retro font. i started from no html or css
experience so learning how to use one of their templates and trying to put my own twist on it has been really fun.
please check them out!
mdn web docs — learn html and css
vscode — code editor
p5.js — creative coding library
three.js — 3d graphics for the web
dithermark — image dithering
js-paint — pixel art & buttons
background remover — remove image backgrounds
lenny photo — album art from last.fm