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Archive for May 14th, 2025

Upptime: GitHub-powered open-source uptime monitor and status page

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/05/14

I wonder how long this can be hosted on GitHub. Will start using it, just to learn more about the GitHub computing infrastructure.

Links:

--jeroen

Posted in Cloud, Development, DVCS - Distributed Version Control, GitHub, Hosting, Infrastructure, Monitoring, Power User, Software Development, Web Development | Leave a Comment »

Early Firefox history thread by @asadotzler on Thread Reader App (from before it was called Phoenix, heck from before Phoenix was created!)

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/05/14

A few years back I bumped in this cool [Wayback/Archive] Thread by @asadotzler on Thread Reader App on early Firefox history (from before it was called Phoenix or Firebird, heck from before Phoenix was created!).

It is important to keep telling these bits of history as they are fundamental to understand the Web Browser landscape as it is now.

Great material that complements Wikipedia articles like these:

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Posted in Database Development, Development, Firebird, Firefox, History, Power User, Web Browsers | Leave a Comment »