# Free Formatter – Online coding tools website shuts down after 10 years > Source: > Published: 2026-07-28 16:50:00+00:00 ## Another Corner of the Internet Has Been Successfully Ruined This website is being retired. Apparently, paying ever-increasing hosting fees to maintain a fragile pile of code, fight constant technical problems, and cover every usable inch of the page with invasive advertising is no longer considered a particularly rewarding hobby. AI can now do most of what this site was created to do—faster, cheaper, and without demanding that I debug something at 2 a.m. because a dependency decided to reinvent itself. Meanwhile, ad networks have continued their noble mission of turning the internet into a flickering landfill of pop-ups, tracking scripts, fake download buttons, and cookie banners. So congratulations to everyone involved. The hosting companies got their money, the advertisers harvested their data, the maintenance backlog achieved immortality, and the open web became slightly worse. I’m done. Thanks to the actual humans who visited and supported the site. You were the only part of this that didn’t make me regret owning a computer.