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title: 256 byte page
date: "2002-03-02T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1416
description: I explored the 256-byte webpage competition, featuring impressively complex visual demos like Mandelbrot sets and metaballs coded in minimal space. These entries showcase extreme optimization and the creative boundaries of size coding in the early web era.
keywords: [256b, demoscene, size coding, mandelbrot, metaballs, web optimization]
---

How good can a 256 byte webpage be? See the [256b.htm](http://wildmag.de/compo.php) competition. I was particularly impressed by Bonz-Mandelbrot, Poi-Metaballs and Mados-Divo. [256b.com](http://www.256b.com/) has more 256-byte stuff.