>>prodig+(OP)
It's an article by a teenager. We weren't making any great websites as teenagers either. I remember websites with glaring contrast and moving marquees and blinks everywhere. At least the author here writes full words without abbreviating every word. So the author is already writing better than what I wrote as a teenager.
May I suggest you use reader mode to remove the annoying flashing background? If you can get past the annoying UX of the article, it has interesting stories about serious issues.