About

Web Development History (WDH) chronicled the history of the web from a developer perspective. It was active from 2020-21, but as of 2022 the site is no longer being updated. However, I encourage you to subscribe to my email newsletter Cybercultural, which is about web history and its impact on our culture.

Nice things people have said

I’ve said it many times but I’ll say it again. Don’t sleep on this series if you work in tech and want to understand history. https://t.co/fRZBxwoOLR
— Vicki (@vboykis) August 17, 2021

I am very grateful for your @webdevhistory project. It is an important resource for understanding what made the web work… Lots of insights for those working on the web, or building new web-like things.
— Gordon (@gordonbrander) September 16, 2021

thank you to @ricmac for chatting with me about the history of the web (and writing a fantastic blog on the whole thing: https://t.co/5vtILRThmY). I never felt more like a zoomer than during our conversation.
— Sabrina (@NerdyAndQuirky) November 25, 2022

I’m really, really enjoying @RicMac’s ongoing series on Web Development History—it’s right up my nerdy alley!https://t.co/uyfZpdM81x https://t.co/LGjbjt2Qgy
— Jeremy Keith (@adactio) November 28, 2021

Interesting new history project from @ricmac, who many may remember from his founding of ReadWriteWeb. He's looking to build out the technical/development history of the Web. You can follow along at @webdevhistory or subscribe via email/RSS at https://t.co/Pjw129mljS https://t.co/384bSXc7KW
— Dan York (@danyork) January 22, 2021

Who am I

I’m Richard MacManus, aka @ricmac. I was the founder of ReadWriteWeb, a leading tech blog from the Web 2.0 era. I’m currently a senior editor and columnist at The New Stack.

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