Nowhere: An entire website encoded in a URL fragment, with no server required
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bpierre
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Summary
Nowhere is a conceptual project that encodes an entire website into a URL using the fragment identifier (the part after # in a URL). Since fragments are never sent to servers, the entire site exists only in the browser at the moment of access. There is no server, no account, no company permission needed — the link itself is the site, and wherever the link travels, the site travels with it. It's designed for orders, messages, and real-time coordination without any centralized infrastructure.
Key quotes
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There is no server holding it. There is no account it belongs to. There is no company you need permission from.
The link is the site. Wherever the link travels, the site travels with it.
By design, fragments are never sent to servers. They exist only in the browser, only on the device, only at the moment of access.
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