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I failed to recreate the 1996 Space Jam website with Claude

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549 points thecr0w | 2 comments | 07 Dec 25 17:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.515s | source
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wilsmex ◴[07 Dec 25 23:02 UTC] No.46186253[source]▶
Well this was interesting. As someone who was actually building similar website in the late 90's I threw this into the Opus 4.5. Note the original author is wrong about the original site however:

"The Space Jam website is simple: a single HTML page, absolute positioning for every element, and a tiling starfield GIF background.".

This is not true, the site is built using tables, not positioning at all, CSS wasn't a thing back then...

Here was its one-shot attempt at building the same type of layout (table based) with a screenshot and assets as input: https://i.imgur.com/fhdOLwP.png

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alt227 ◴[08 Dec 25 12:05 UTC] No.46191298[source]▶
Off topic, but you have used imgur as your image hosting site, which cannot be viewed in the UK. If you want all readers to be able to see and understand your points, please could you use a more universally reachable host?
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1. master-lincoln ◴[08 Dec 25 15:02 UTC] No.46192983[source]▶
Which one could be used so everybody can read it? So many different autocratic systems to think about...

I think it's easier if you adapt and get a VPN or a new government.

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2. alt227 ◴[08 Dec 25 20:13 UTC] No.46197038[source]▶
Yes tried that. Getting a new government was a bit tricky and work policy doesnt allow personal VPNs, so was just letting OP know that if they choose to use Imgur then a large chunk of the readers wont know what they are talking about.