Tag: Dial-Up Revolution
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1999 vs. 2026: What 25 Years of Web Development Taught Me About “Hype Cycles”
In 1999, the web was a wild, fragile, and wonderfully chaotic place. I was there. My monitor was a massive CRT that gave off a gentle hum, my internet connection announced itself with a symphony of dial-up static, and my primary layout tool was the humble HTML <table> tag. We sliced images in Adobe Photoshop,…