// the web's greatest hits
The best way to understand what the web can be is to look at what it already is. These are the sites that defined the web — technically, visually, and culturally. Study them. Steal from them. Build something better.
How to study a website: Open it. Then open DevTools (F12). Look at the HTML. Look at the CSS. Watch the network tab as the page loads. Every great site is a free masterclass in web development.
// design & experience
AppleDESIGN
The gold standard of product web design. Scroll animations, typography, photography, and layout that set the bar for the entire industry. Study every pixel.
apple.com →
LinearDESIGN
One of the most beautiful SaaS websites ever built. Dark theme, motion design, and typography done perfectly. A masterclass in modern web aesthetics.
linear.app →
StripeDESIGN
The website that made gradients cool again. Stripe's site is technically and visually extraordinary — and it's a payments company. Proof that any product can have a great website.
stripe.com →
// learning & reference
W3SchoolsLEARN
The most visited web development site on earth. Where billions of developers learned their first HTML tag. Free, fast, and always accurate.
w3schools.com →
MDN Web DocsREFERENCE
Mozilla's documentation for the entire web platform. If it runs in a browser, MDN documents it. Bookmark this now.
developer.mozilla.org →
CodePenPLAYGROUND
A browser-based code editor where developers share HTML/CSS/JS experiments. Thousands of free examples to learn from and remix.
codepen.io →
// the open web
WikipediaOPEN WEB
The largest encyclopedia ever created. Free, open, and maintained by volunteers. One of the most important websites ever built.
wikipedia.org →
GitHubOPEN SOURCE
Where the world builds software together. Every major open source project lives here. The web as we know it was built with tools hosted on GitHub.
github.com →
Internet ArchiveHISTORY
A digital library of the entire internet going back to 1996. See what any website looked like at any point in history. The web's memory.
web.archive.org →
// web3 & the next web
EthereumWEB3
The platform behind smart contracts and decentralised apps. The technical foundation of Web3 — and a beautifully designed website.
ethereum.org →
VercelPLATFORM
Where modern web apps are deployed. Free tier, instant deploys, global CDN. The fastest way to get a website live in 2026.
vercel.com →
// antcpu
antcpu.comHOME
The platform you're learning on right now. Built with plain HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. No framework. No CMS. Deployed via SFTP to IONOS. Proof that simple tools build real things.
antcpu.com →
antcpu EDUYOU ARE HERE
Free courses in tech, art, and music. The page you're reading is the product. View its source — it's the same HTML, CSS, and JavaScript you'll learn to write in Website 101.
antcpu.com/edu →
// try it
Visit three sites from this list you've never been to before. On each one — open DevTools, click the Elements tab, and find the <h1> tag. Every site has one. That heading tag is the same HTML you'll write in Website 101. The only difference between their site and yours is time and practice.
You finished Intro to Websites. You know what the web is, what devices it runs on, how it's built, who builds it, and what the best of it looks like. The next step is Website 101 — where you stop reading about the web and start building it.