The Tech Tree
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Eras
Categories
Latest Posts
Eras
Categories
The Tech Tree
An interactive history of the technologies that built the web.
Blueprints
Raw Materials
Power Tools
Vault
Workshop
1969
ARPANET era
1969
ARPANET era
1969 - 1980s
Era I: Survival & Connection
10 posts
1989
The WWW is born
1989
The WWW is born
1989 - 1994
Era II: Document Sharing
3 posts
1995
The browser wars
1995
The browser wars
1995 - 2000s
Era III: Interactivity & E-commerce
5 posts
2000s
Web 2.0 scales up
2000s
Web 2.0 scales up
2000s - 2010s
Era IV: The Scale Problem
5 posts
2008
The decentralized web
2008
The decentralized web
2008 - Present
Era V: Trust & Centralization
5 posts
Now
Now