I've been working on and off the past year on a site that chronicles the Houston (alt rock) music scene from the 80s and 90s: https://www.houstonmusicarchive.com/

No frameworks or build processes, and all json-powered. I've even got a "functions.php" file. Last I checked, the total download size was 81kb.

Home — Houston Music Archive

Browse 110 Houston, TX bands from the 1980s through the 1990s and more. Houston Music Archive catalogs the city's underground music history.

Houston Music Archive

Site is now getting hammered by bots trying exploits. I may need to put CloudFlare in front, which is sad.

This is why we can't have nice things.