Technology history for birdnote.org

2025 5 added

• added Fundraise Up Aug 2025 · Fundraising & donations
• added Uploadcare Aug 2025 · CDN
• added Amazon ALB Jun 2025 · Load balancers
• added Amazon Web Services Jun 2025 · PaaS
• added Salesforce May 2025 · CRM

2024 6 added · 10 dropped · 2 switched

• dropped AddThis Sep 2024 · Widgets
• dropped Apache HTTP Server Sep 2024 · Web Servers
• dropped cdnjs Sep 2024 · CDN
• dropped MariaDB Sep 2024 · Databases
• dropped MediaElement.js Sep 2024 · Video Players
• dropped Nginx Sep 2024 · Web servers
• dropped Pantheon Sep 2024 · PaaS
• dropped Varnish Sep 2024 · Caching
• added Cloudflare Browser Insights Aug 2024 · Analytics
• added HSTS Aug 2024 · Security
• dropped Polyfill Aug 2024 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped Cart Functionality Jul 2024 · Ecommerce
• switched Fastly → cdnjs Jul 2024 · CDN
• added Cart Functionality May 2024 · Ecommerce
• added core-js Mar 2024 · JavaScript libraries
• switched Hotjar → Mouse Flow Mar 2024 · Analytics
• added Stripe Mar 2024 · Payment processors
• added Webpack Mar 2024 · Miscellaneous

2023 23 added · 1 dropped

• added AddToAny May 2023 · Widgets
• added Click & Pledge May 2023 · Fundraising & donations
• added Cloudflare May 2023 · CDN
• added Donorbox May 2023 · Fundraising & donations
• added Fastly May 2023 · CDN
• added Google Font API May 2023 · Font scripts
• added Google Tag Manager May 2023 · Tag managers
• added Google Workspace May 2023 · Webmail
• added Hotjar May 2023 · Analytics
• added HTTP/3 May 2023 · Miscellaneous
• added LazySizes May 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added MariaDB May 2023 · Databases
• added Nginx May 2023 · Web servers
• added Open Graph May 2023 · Miscellaneous
• added Pantheon May 2023 · PaaS
• added Polyfill May 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added Quicklink May 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added Unpkg May 2023 · CDN
• added Varnish May 2023 · Caching
• added ZURB Foundation May 2023 · UI frameworks
• dropped C Apr 2023 · Programming languages
• added C Feb 2023 · Programming languages
• added Click & Pledge Feb 2023 · Fundraising & donations
• added Donorbox Feb 2023 · Fundraising & donations

2022 27 added · 3 dropped · 1 switched

• dropped Cloudflare Network Error Logging Dec 2022 · Issue trackers
• dropped Google Cloud Dec 2022 · IaaS
• dropped Google Cloud Trace Dec 2022 · Performance
• added HTTP/3 Sep 2022 · Miscellaneous
• added Open Graph Sep 2022 · Miscellaneous
• added AddToAny Aug 2022 · Widgets
• added Cloudflare Aug 2022 · CDN
• added Cloudflare Network Error Logging Aug 2022 · Issue trackers
• added Fastly Aug 2022 · CDN
• added Google Cloud Aug 2022 · IaaS
• added Google Cloud Trace Aug 2022 · Performance
• added Google Font API Aug 2022 · Font scripts
• added Google Tag Manager Aug 2022 · Tag managers
• added Google Workspace Aug 2022 · Webmail
• added Hotjar Aug 2022 · Analytics
• added LazySizes Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added MariaDB Aug 2022 · Databases
• added Nginx Aug 2022 · Web servers
• added Pantheon Aug 2022 · PaaS
• added Polyfill Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added Quicklink Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added Unpkg Aug 2022 · CDN
• added Varnish Aug 2022 · Caching
• switched Tailwind CSS → ZURB Foundation Aug 2022 · UI frameworks
• added Google Cloud Apr 2022 · IaaS
• added Google Cloud Trace Apr 2022 · Performance
• added Tailwind CSS Apr 2022 · UI frameworks
• added Hotjar Mar 2022 · Analytics
• added Cloudflare Network Error Logging Feb 2022 · Issue trackers
• added LazySizes Feb 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added Polyfill Feb 2022 · JavaScript libraries

2021 8 added · 5 dropped

• dropped Wheelio Dec 2021 · Widgets
• dropped Polyfill Oct 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped Google Remarketing Tag Sep 2021 · Retargeting
• added Quicklink Sep 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• added Wheelio Sep 2021 · Widgets
• added Google Remarketing Tag Jul 2021 · Retargeting
• added Google Tag Manager Jul 2021 · Tag managers
• added Unpkg Jul 2021 · CDN
• added ZURB Foundation Jul 2021 · UI frameworks
• dropped Google Tag Manager Jun 2021 · Tag managers
• dropped ZURB Foundation Mar 2021 · UI frameworks
• added Cloudflare Feb 2021 · CDN
• added Fastly Feb 2021 · CDN

2020 9 added · 1 dropped

• dropped Hotjar Sep 2020 · Analytics
• added AddToAny Aug 2020 · Widgets
• added Google Font API Aug 2020 · Font scripts
• added Google Tag Manager Aug 2020 · Tag managers
• added MariaDB Aug 2020 · Databases
• added Nginx Aug 2020 · Reverse proxies
• added Pantheon Aug 2020 · PaaS
• added Polyfill Aug 2020 · JavaScript libraries
• added Varnish Aug 2020 · Caching
• added ZURB Foundation Aug 2020 · UI frameworks

2019 1 added

• added Hotjar Aug 2019 · Analytics