What are the most impactful web technologies of all time? We were inspired by another podcast to create our very own unscientific list. What tech made the cut?
Show Notes
Original Hard Fork podcast episode
Our Top 30 Technologies List

HTML (1993)
Google (1998)
AOL (& AIM) (early 90’s)
iPhone (2007)
WordPress (2003)
Wikipedia (2001)
Cable modems (late 90’s)
Facebook (2004) / MySpace (2003)
RSS (1999)
Gmail (2004)
Netscape (1994)
Chrome (2008)
ChatGPT (2022)
SSL (1995)
Dropbox (2008)
YouTube (2005)
Twitter (2006)
Dreamweaver (1997)/Photoshop (1990)
Reddit (2005)
Github (2008)
Constant Contact (1995) → Mailchimp (2001)
Google Analytics (2005)
eBay (1995) → Craigslist (1995)
CSS (1996)
Salesforce (1999) → Hubspot (2006)
Blackberry (late 90’s)
Geocities (1994)
BBS (late 70’s)
MapQuest (1996) → Google Maps (2005)
Archie (1990) → Yahoo (1994) / WebCrawler (1994) → Lycos, Altavista, Hotbot (mid-90’s)
Linux (1991)

Honorable Mentions

Google Wave
Flash animation
SMS
PHP
VPN or TOR
Java

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