Max’s site (that’s me) has a built-in theme switcher, including something called “Lobster Mode”. I’m sorry.

The hamburger on Zach’s site might not be useful for navigation - but it sure is tasty.

The floating possum is the official mascot of the static site generator Eleventy,
so naturally its documentation includes a nice flyover appearance.

If you view Wes’ site on a very wide display, he congratulates you on your big monitor.

Jack teaches a course called “Radical Design”, so it’s no wonder his site is a bit different. Try scrolling around the “Design Work” section for a good laugh.

Swyx’ site is full of web development knowledge, but his scrollbar is full of love.

Press a button on Monica’s site and it starts raining emoji.

Josh’s site is a regular goldmine of whimsy. Hit counters, heart buttons, sound effects, floating avatars - you name it.

Stefan has a “TL;DR” switch for all his blogposts, showing you just the really essential parts if you’re in a hurry. There’s also a “celebrate” button - I’ll let you figure that one out yourself.

Cassie’s site has lots of fun little details. She even shows up herself to watch you write her an email.

Jon shows you what good copywriting looks like by showing you what bad copywriting looks like first.

If you scroll around on Wimer’s site, content reveals itself in a sort of 8-bit pixel animation. It’s hard to describe - just watch it yourself.

“Barbarian meets Coding” is Jaime’s epic tale of adventure, glory and Javascript. Learning to code has never felt more heroic.

When you move your mouse over the bubbles on Brad’s site, they change color. It’s like being in a big colorful bubble bath.

Eric decided that hamburger menus are over, and people should just click on his head for the navigation instead. Cool shades as well.

Andy’s personal site looks like a Kindle, so you can feel like you’re reading a book while still being glued to your favorite screen.

André’s site shows a timeline of upcoming rock festivals and even gives you the weather forcast for them! They might be paused for now, but there will be rock again, and it will get muddy.

Complete the Fallout-style hacking minigame on Jet’s site to gain access to a simulated terminal. It’s not radioactive btw, I checked.

John’s eyes are watching you as you move your mouse around his site. If you try to “Save As…” him, he even gives you a nice selection of personal avatars to choose from. How thoughtful.

Lynn consistently knocks it out of the park with her website. The current iteration gives you a glimpse inside her head. Literally.

Eric’s site has tons of personality and care. It features Hamonshū, japanese-style illustrations of waves. You also got to love the “Excuse of the Day”.

Robb’s site is full of animated illustrations and fun little details. But please don’t move your cursor around too fast, it makes him dizzy.

If you find one of the Steves hidden online and in real life, it’ll be marked as yours forever. Find all of them and you unlock the power of a thousand suns.

The header on Tom’s website has guitar strings you can actually play! I tried doing Seven Nation Army, but failed. Still cool.

Steven first got into design making visualizations for WinAmp, and it shows. His site is full of music, animation and WebGL goodness.

Zach’s site has a unique nautical design. Turn on the sound and scroll around for the full underwater-synth experience!

Gregory sits at his desk to welcome you personally on his website. Click around the office, or fly out the window and see where he’s lived.

If you’re feeling nostalgic, Patrick has got you covered with his Win98-themed website. There’s even a DOS prompt!

Press the “Chaos” button in the corner of Luke’s site and see what happens. I mean you can probably take a guess.

Connect the dots on Timo’s site and he’ll draw a unique illustration around it.

Night mode at Nikita’s site is a bit darker than you might be used to. Thankfully you still get a flashlight.

Click the hamburger icon in Wells’ footer and you get - well hamburgers, duh.

Alex’ site has lovely hand-drawn illustrations, an “Arts & Crafts” and a “Recipes” section.

The department of Latin American and Iberian cultures got creative with their website. Paint unique “word pictures” with your mouse!

It’s a physics-engine-keyboard-thing! Try typing “rain”, “feross”, “semi” or “hexbin” for secret behavior!

Drag your mouse across Matthew’s website to leave a trail of colorful shapes.

Help the poor fisherman boost his business by summoning the power of the octopus. Something something, release the kraken!

Please don’t try to close the window on the pinwheel website. It’s just a screenshot, it won’t work. You might break something.

The 80s are alive and well at Chris’ website, and it’s glorious. Note the darkmode switch in this case goes from dusk to dawn. Pun very much intended.

Kickscondor is one of these things you just have to see for yourself. It’s a weird, wonderful, whimsical place to get lost in.

Patrick’s website is a spectacular mix of squishy animation, beautiful design and fun little details. Scroll through his projects and discover them all!

Simone’s site is a throwback to the Win95 days, and his attention to detail there is amazing. Click the trash if you have a bit too much time on your hands.

The boop sound effects alone would put Jason’s new site on this list, but then there’s like 18 other fun things. A gold standard in whimsy.

There’s lots to love on Nils’ site - my personal favorite is the slider to adjust the CSS detail level, with the animated call-to-action waffle coming in a close second.

Alvin’s website has a fun canvas animation that reacts to scroll. Also check out the “about” page - good stuff.

Derek’s personal site has a friendly floating whale. 'Nuff said.

The website for this art supplies company features a canvas you can draw on and then submit your painting! I drew a fruit salad. It wasn’t my best work.

The real show goes on behind the scenes on iamschulz: Pop open the console and you can experience this website as a text adventure!

Ian’s website seems simple at first, but scroll past the project section and enter an interdimensional SVG wormhole. Or at least that’s what I think it is.

Sam’s website is a magazine cover with an animated portrait of himself. Check out the past editions too!

James’ website features a line-drawing avatar that changes shape when you hover over the different sections.

Vole is a fun pinboard of interesting internet content™
If you visit with an ad blocker you’re congratulated, then low-five a sloth to get in.

Rafael’s site is one of the funniest, most creative personal websites I’ve ever seen.
Stay around for a bit and watch him try to get you to scroll down!

The landscape on Alistair’s site changes color depending on the time of day. There’s also a “Naked” (no CSS) option for that extra barebones HTML look.

Jhey is one of these wizards who does things with HTML, CSS and JS that you didn’t think were possible. Check out his featured Codepens for lots of whimsy. Also: Rainbow Bears!

Laura’s nautical-themed website features mermaids, sunken pirate treasures and all kinds of great sea creatures.

Tyler’s personal website is inspired by cartoon art, and there’s lots of little details and animations to love.

My personal highlight on Will’s site is the conversation between these two fishes. Love, Intrigue, SVG Puns - it’s got it all.

Cafe Robot describes itself as “the first non-awkward Computer Club”, and its website is anything but boring.

Nothing can prepare you for the awesomeness of the website of former Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi. It features dinosaurs, unicorns, mermaids, volcanoes and general pixel art galore. It sparks all the joy.

Have a play, discover your science personality & find out about Edinburgh Science Festival’s learning, climate and community projects in this lovely interactive quiz.

Scroll down the page to drive through a quiet street at night.

Alina’s site is a literal mixtape (remember these?) floating in a starry void.

Jacob’s site offers a handy “craftsman’s tip” feature, as well as a peek behind the curtain that shows visitors the awesomeness of semantic HTML.

If you’re unsure how to pronounce “David Darnes”, his new website has you covered. Press the megaphone button for a wide range of great options.

The navigation on Zacky Ma’s site is inspired by monorails. All aboard!

Michael has a great selection of medieval cats going on this site, all ready to be meme-ified.

So much interesting stuff happening here! Launch the rocket. Eat the sandwich. Have some coffee.

Click the dog on the homepage to tinyfy it! Works in reverse too. Good boy.

Lots of cool things to discover on Sara’s new site. Play around with the hero ornament, switch to high-contrast mode, check out her ASCII art or go old-school and sign the guestbook!