As someone who has been in Internet, e-commerce and the all around development of the web almost since its inception, this article makes me feel very, very old.
I am obligated to comment on this due to my profile picture. 💜
you know what eich also did?
he funded/staffed/managed/supported another language into life
the language that’s going to save computing for humanity
RUST
redemption arc complete
Well he’s also got some disagreeable political opinions, so I dunno about redemption.
The success of Rust can be laid at the feet of many people, but critically Graydon Hoare — He wrote an article a couple years ago about his stewardship, and it’s been something I go back to frequently. Just reading you get a sense of the immense intelligence, maturity, and sensitivity he possess, and imbued the project with.
I know what you mean, buddy. I remember when Netscape navigator was a new and amazing piece of software. All I’d ever used before that was NCSA Mosaic.
That’s me!
This is giving me flashbacks of waiting 10 minutes for a page to load
I miss that animated logo when loading a new site. Felt like I was in for something awe-inspiring.
New feature: the <IMG> tag
Dude… I’ve used text-based internet. Long, long ago, when all you got was webpages in plain text.
Hello fellow Kermit, Gopher and Usenet veteran.
Alternate title:
In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that ruined the Internet
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oh shit i posted a funny comment but the bot thought it was malware so my request got blocked
