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Open Source
Open-source community history: licensing, governance, foundation drama, and the projects that survived the transition to corporate stewardship.
Retrospectives
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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 · 2026-05-15
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 · 2026-05-09
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.