676 is a finite Internet experiment inspired by the Million Dollar Homepage and Wordle. There are 26 letters, so 26 × 26 gives exactly 676 two-letter combinations from AA to ZZ. Each pair can be claimed once, given a colour, name, short description and one link. No subscriptions, no infinite inventory, no accounts. When a pair is gone, it’s gone.
I’ve always loved the simplicity of the Million Dollar Homepage: finite inventory, visible scarcity and a very obvious rule.
676 is my smaller 2026 riff on that idea.
There are 26 letters in the alphabet, so pairing each one with all 26 gives exactly 676 combinations from AA to ZZ. Each pair can be claimed once.
I also liked the way Wordle made a tiny grid of letters feel oddly compelling, so there’s a bit of that influence in here too.
The whole thing is deliberately simple: static Eleventy site, no accounts, no database, no subscription. You pick your pair, choose a colour, add a name, short description and one link.
Mostly I wanted to see whether people actually care about “their” two letters enough to claim them.
Would genuinely love to know which pair you’d pick.