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Retrospectives and reviews
Modern editorial commentary that pairs with the archive. 10 posts published so far.
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retrospective · 2026-05-17
The WordPress Gutenberg Controversy 2018-2022: What We Learned
Four years of WordPress Gutenberg controversy: Classic Editor plugin with 8M+ installs, community split, learning curve, Full Site Editing arrival in 2022, and the retrospective verdict in 2026.
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retrospective · 2026-05-16
AI Agents 2024-2026: The Next Layer After SaaS
Autonomous AI agents 2024-2026: Salesforce Agentforce, Microsoft Copilot Agents, Anthropic Claude Computer Use, AWS Bedrock Agents, and what this changes for the SaaS playbook.
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retrospective · 2026-05-15
The Web Standards Movement 2005-2010: CSS, XHTML, Microformats, and What Won
Five years of the Web Standards Movement that finally killed table-based layouts: CSS Zen Garden, the XHTML promise that fell apart, microformats, and the path to HTML5 in 2008-2014.
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retrospective · 2026-05-14
Open Source Foundations 2003-2026: From OSI to the Linux Foundation Empire
Twenty-three years of open-source governance evolution: OSI license disputes, the Apache Software Foundation, Eclipse, the Linux Foundation, CNCF, and the 2024-2026 source-available license war.
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retrospective · 2026-05-13
AppExchange 2005-2026: Twenty Years of the SaaS Marketplace Salesforce Invented
Salesforce launched AppExchange in 2005, three years before the iOS App Store. Twenty years of the SaaS marketplace pattern: founding, growth, ISV economics, and the 2026 agentic AI shift.
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retrospective · 2026-05-12
The SaaS Pioneers' Playbook 2003-2010: Lessons That Built the Modern Cloud
What 2003-2010 SaaS pioneers (Salesforce, Basecamp/37signals, Box, Dropbox, Workday) figured out that 2026 founders still rebuild from scratch every year.
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retrospective · 2026-05-11
Social Media Monitoring 2008-2026: From the Firehose to Modern Listening Platforms
Eighteen years of social media monitoring: the Twitter Firehose era 2008-2012, Radian6 acquisition by Salesforce, Brandwatch, Sprout Social, and AI-driven sentiment platforms in 2026.
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retrospective · 2026-05-10
jQuery in 2026: What Survives After React, Vue, and the Modern Web
John Resig's 2006 jQuery library shaped a decade of browser development. Twenty years later, what survives in 2026 modern stacks: querySelector, fetch, ES6 modules, and the quiet death of $.
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retrospective · 2026-05-09
WordPress 2003-2026: From b2/cafelog Fork to Block Editor Era
Twenty-three years of WordPress evolution: 2003 fork by Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little, plugin ecosystem, REST API, Gutenberg block editor, headless WordPress, and the 2024-2026 AI integration.
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retrospective · 2026-05-08
Salesforce 2003-2026: From CRM Pioneer to Agentic AI Platform
Twenty-three years of Salesforce ecosystem evolution: AppExchange 2005, Force.com 2007, Slack acquisition, MuleSoft, Einstein, and the 2024-2026 agentic-AI pivot.