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Realized this morning that last month was the 25th anniversary of the web app. We gave the first demo of Viaweb in August 1995. http://paulgraham.com/12aug95.html
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12 August should be National Webapp Day.
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What is the biggest difference between the web now and the web then?
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Javascript works now.
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Yeah!
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The great thing about web apps is that you don't rely on 'approval' to publish/update, you can do it instantly. You can also take any payment method you like. Same can't be said about native apps. Web apps will be around for a long after whatever native platform comes next.
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Have any pieces survived? Yahoo shopping was Shopify back in the day. Huge.
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25 years? Wow. As a viaweb user back in the day, congratulations. I still remember the excitement of playing w/ the interface and the wide eyed hope for an open Internet in those days.
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What was Viaweb's tech stack?
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There must be lisp in the mix. I mean, it is
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