Website

The personal website laukstein.com has become my lifetime project. The more I learn, the more I find things to adjust and improve.

Its vision began in early 2001 as a simple artwork portfolio. Much of my time outside of school was spent exploring computer science, design, and Web development. At that time, the Web was filled with pop-ups, ads, and Flash intros, and the "power browser" was Netscape, while Internet Explorer 6 had not yet been released.

When I built my first website, I thought, "This is amazing! Maybe it's impossible to build my own social media portal or a chat system..." Unsurprisingly, I started with a full-screen Flash website and later moved to semantic HTML using tables. Over time, I removed outdated syntax and continued refining the site, adopting newer standards and UX concepts. For context, I worked on my own social media portal before Facebook was created.

My preferred front-end technologies include the HTML Living Standard (HTML5), modern CSS, JavaScript APIs, ES6, and POSH. I propose standards, engage with emerging technologies, and keep myself updated with the latest specification drafts.

I am strongly opposed to relying on outdated or inefficient technologies. Flash declined around 2011, Silverlight failed to gain lasting adoption, and other tools were often limited by platform constraints or design assumptions. I prefer open Web standards and long-term, forward-compatible solutions over short-lived trends.

I believe that in the coming years, traditional websites will continue evolving into Web applications — a direction I have been working in since 2009.

Binyamin Laukstein, 2009

Over the years, my website has been redesigned, upgraded, and migrated across different domains and platforms.
Since 2009, it has lived under the domain laukstein.com.
Since 2011, it has been hosted in the cloud.
Since 2026, it has been hosted on Cloudflare Workers, built with the Astro framework.