[EN] 100 Questions For Webmasters

100 questions webmaster based from Mouseling Personal Website

Last updated: 05 October 2026

1. Please introduce yourself.

I'm Irushia, or just call my real name, Irfan. Currently I'm unemployed, but I try my best for finding a job, improve myself to learn a new thing and keep productive (duh)

2. How long have you been making websites?

I start blogging since 2012, 2015-2019 (but always stuck for writer's block and abandoned them for some reason) and redoing again on end of 2025 . And then I began to migrate to personal website since June 2026

3. And what got you into the hobby?

I love writing things

4. What kind of website are you most interested in?

Personal blog, stories, tips for coding, build and managing personal website

5. What's your workflow? Do you plan your websites out thoroughly or do you come up with the design as you go along?

For design, I design this site based on Astro Cactus theme. For content, I usually research and brainstorming with AI (if needed), drafting, writing, upload my photo into Cloudinary, finishing, asking AI for feedback and typos (if needed), lastly commit.

6. Please link to your biggest inspirations.

yuisinの音ゲー日記 for Rhythm Game Diary Log, and Gentle Sunday for Daily Personal Website when I exploring Bearblog

7. What's your favourite part about making websites?

Learn HTML to adding some features, and make this feature work is satisfying (y)

8. And the thing you struggle with the most?

Re-check what the code work for, sometimes I forgor. And something called social media for doomscrolling

9. Do you keep the same layout on all of your pages? Or do you use different ones?

I use markdown for post and basic HTML for slashes

10. How confident are you with CSS?

Not confident at all, but wanna to learn

11. Do you know how to correctly use <dl>?

Never heard about this, I usually use <p> for creating a new paragraph

12. What is your favourite HTML element?

<s>, since I use this a lot

13. If you're making a new web page from scratch, what is the first thing you do?

Searching for base layout, language, and markdown for writing post

14. Do you know JavaScript?

A little bit

15. How about PHP?

I dunno

16. Does your website have a theme that you stick to?

Astro Cactus for theme, Midnight Blue for coloring

17. Are you more focused on content or design?

Both, but prefer content

18. Do you own a domain name? If not, would you ever want to?

Yes

19. What do you think of nostalgia-focused or "retro" websites?

I don't mind. I wish I can create like that

20. Is your HTML valid? Do you even check?

Uhh, I'm not sure

21. What are your opinion on buttons and banners?

Yes

22. What do you think of button walls in particular?

Yes

23. If you started over again, would you make something similar or completely different?

Similiar, I like minimalist things (y)

24. Are you envious of other people's websites?

Sometime, yes. But, It can inspire me for input new feature from blogwalking

25. What text editor do you use?

VSCode

26. Why do you use that one?

It's simple

27. Do you host your image files on your web server, or on another host?

Yes, I use Vercel for hosting my web and based on Astro. For Image files, I use Cloudinary

28. This might not be relevant to you, but what's your opinion on the Neocities vs. Nekoweb debate?

Sadly, I already finished migrate my blog to Astro. I was too late for exploring both Neocities and Nekoweb.

29. How much server space would you estimate your main website takes up?

About 6,73 MB

30. Do you keep local backups of your files?

Yes

31. Do you prefer simple or highly visual websites?

I prefer simple

32. Do you stick to certain colours? Do you do that on purpose, or is it your subconscious?

Blue

33. Have you ever thought about quitting? Why?

Yes, but I can't explain for now.

34. Do you have many webmaster friends, or is it a solitary hobby?

Only few

35. Do people in your real life know about your website?

Yes

36. Do you update your website very often? How often is "very often"?

I don't have schedule for post. Sometimes just guerilla things. At least one or two posts per month. I dunno for website layout.

37. And the overall design, do you change that much? Why or why not?

Not that much, I don't have idea

38. Is your website more you-focused, hobby-focused, or outside world-focused?

Uhh... Yes

39. Do you do web design professionally?

I don't think so

40. If not, would you like to? And if you're comfortable answering, what do you do for work?

I just creating this personal website for my personal project at all.

41. Do you communicate with people by email very much?

Not much, last time just use email for webring inquiry and guestbook checker.

42. Some people reject social media and use websites as a replacement. Do you keep social media outside of your website?

I wish I can reject social media and use personal website as a replacement. But, I still need social media for some reason, like promoting my new post.

43. How about instant messengers? Do you use a mainstream one like Discord or Telegram? Or something like Matrix? Do you avoid them?

I use Discord and Telegram

44. Do you listen to music while you work on websites? If so, what kinds of artists?

I'm listening via youtube music. I just randomly play depending mood. Rhythm Game OST, Vocaloid, Japanese Label like HARDCORE TANO*C and Diverse System, Progressive or Instrumental Rock, sometime Popular Western Songs

45. Do you keep everything you make on one website, or do you have more than one?

For now, just this one

46. On a similar note, do you keep to one topic on your site, or many?

Random, but mostly rhythm game things, personal thoughts, and diary... I guess?

47. Do you present your real self, or at least try? Or do you construct a persona on purpose?

It's me fr

48. Have you ever made a good friend thanks to your website?

Maybe check Gentle Sunday and Natur Brilian

49. Are you happy with the way HTML and CSS currently work?

Yes (for now)

50. What are practices that you think people should avoid?

I don't wanna talk about this

51. What about under-utilised practices, or things you think people should do more?

Idk

52. Do you use a lot of semantic HTML? Or are you guilty of generic structure?

Uhh...

53. Do you consider different browsers?

Idk

54. Speaking of, what's your preferred browser? Convince your readers why they should use it.

For now I use Microsoft Edge

55. And what OS are you on?

Windows 10

56. Do you have a strong opinion on that, or do you just happen to use it?

No

57. Are your websites mobile-friendly?

Yes, I prefer this because I focused on content than layout

58. What are your thoughts on autoplay?

NO

59. What are your thoughts on webrings? Are you in any?

Webrings help me to find more people (especially on same region) and find inspo for website content. For now, I join Vocaloid Webrings and Rhythm Games Webrings

60. Do you have any web shrines? What do you like to see in that sort of page?

WIP

61. Are your websites "cliche", in your opinion?

I dunno

62. What is your ideal website? Are you striving for that, or for something else?

Minimalist

63. Are you an artist? Do you draw or design your own assets?

No, I commish someone for mascot on header banner

64. What are your favourite resource sites?

Iconify, Irasutoya

65. Is there a habit you just can't get away from no matter how hard you try?

Procastinate, Didn't finish my post because mental and writer's block

66. What's your biggest advice for a new webmaster?

Fu*k it, we ball.

67. Do you keep all your styling in CSS? Or do you hard-code some?

Sometime CSS, but prefer hard-code some (I wish)

68. What do you think of frameset layouts?

I don't mind. At least it works

69. How about table-based layouts?

I don't mind. At least it works

70. Do you subscribe to the ideas of "one-column", "two-column" and "three-column" layouts? Do you use any of these?

Maybe I use one-column (?)

71. Do you spend longer on the HTML or the CSS?

HTML

72. Have you ever made a page with no CSS? It's useful for your thoughts.

Idk

73. Do you ever find yourself making layouts with nothing to put on them? Or do you only make layouts when the need arises?

Maybe soon?

74. Would you consider yourself a beginner? Or advanced? Somewhere in the middle?

Beginner

75. Do you have a habit of looking at the source code of websites you visit?

Sometime yes

76. How did YOU learn how to make websites?

W3schools for basic HTML, Asking my friend how to deploy to live, and maybe assisted by AI (since I don't have any basic for this.)

77. Do you ever force elements to do things they're not supposed to?

Idk

78. Thoughts on floating elements?

For simple images only

79. When you're sizing stuff, what do you use first? Do you use px, em, %, or something else?

px

80. Do you have a favourite font?

Idk, at least it's readable for long context

81. Would you run a website with another person? How would that work?

Not for now

82. Do you surf the Web to find new personal websites very often?

Yes

83. Do you bookmark other people's websites? How would you feel knowing someone else bookmarked yours?

Yes. If you bookmark my website, thank you.

84. What do you want people to be most impressed with when they see your website?

My post and work

85. Are you interested in technology outside of websites? Do you collect?

Yes, idk

86. How often and for how long are you online?

Mostly Weekday

87. When it comes to your website, who is your target audience?

Idk, but mostly rhythm game player, my friend, or anyone

88. Have you ever been interested in XHTML?

Idk

89. Do you program in general? Have you ever written a program for use with or on your website, not counting simple JavaScript?

Does Astro.js count?

90. Speaking of programs that help you make websites, what do you think of static site generators (SSGs)? Have you ever used one?

Static Site Generators is useful for basic personal web. I use Astro for now

91. Do you keep a hitcounter? Why or why not?

No

92. Do you frequent forums? Which ones?

I don't think so. Just, circle and community only for now.

93. Do you write your page content directly into the editor, or do you prepare it elsewhere, like a text document or a Word document?

Sometime I prepare on my notebook for drafting, notion or google keep when I on phone, or maybe direct on VSCode

94. Do you think you appear cool to others? A more accurate answer now: do other people ever say you're cool?

Huh?

95. Are you embarrassed of your old work? Have you ever deleted everything out of shame?

Sometime yes, I creating blogs for many times, and it didn't well, so I delete or archive it.

96. Would you close down your website if you couldn't update it, or would you leave an archive?

Maybe I will leave an archive

97. Do you reveal a lot about yourself on your website? Or are you more secretive?

Most post is about my diary, so yes. Also please check my gallery if you don't mind

98. Are you willing to reveal who your best online friend is, and/or if they have a website?

Idk

99. And do you optimise the images on your website?

For Cloudinary, i use special link (like f_auto,q_auto)

100. We're out of time! How do you feel after answering 100 questions? ....other than exhausted.

Uhh...