Technology history for effectivealtruism.org

2026 1 added · 2 dropped

• added Workable Jun 2026 · Recruitment & staffing
• dropped Airtable Feb 2026 · Widgets
• dropped Tally Feb 2026 · Surveys

2025 6 added · 3 dropped · 1 switched

• dropped Cloudflare Stream Oct 2025 · Video players
• dropped Contentsquare Aug 2025 · Analytics
• added Contentsquare Jun 2025 · Analytics
• added Cloudflare Stream May 2025 · Video players
• added Emotion May 2025 · JavaScript frameworks
• dropped Intercom May 2025 · Live chat
• added Tally Apr 2025 · Surveys
• switched Snowplow Analytics → Heap Mar 2025 · Analytics
• added Airtable Jan 2025 · Widgets
• added MathJax Jan 2025 · JavaScript graphics

2024 6 added · 3 dropped

• dropped Cart Functionality Oct 2024 · Ecommerce
• added Snowplow Analytics Sep 2024 · Analytics
• added Cart Functionality Jul 2024 · Ecommerce
• dropped Cloudflare Jul 2024 · CDN
• dropped Cloudflare Bot Management Jul 2024 · Security
• added Plausible Jun 2024 · Analytics
• added Cloudflare May 2024 · CDN
• added Cloudflare Bot Management May 2024 · Security
• added reCAPTCHA May 2024 · Security

2023 5 added · 11 dropped · 2 switched

• dropped Microsoft ASP.NET Nov 2023 · Web frameworks
• dropped Typeform Nov 2023 · Surveys
• dropped Algolia Oct 2023 · Search engines
• dropped YouTube Oct 2023 · Video players
• added Microsoft ASP.NET Sep 2023 · Web frameworks
• dropped Heap Aug 2023 · Analytics
• dropped Hotjar Aug 2023 · Analytics
• added Typeform Aug 2023 · Surveys
• dropped Express Jul 2023 · Web servers
• added YouTube Jul 2023 · Video players
• dropped reCAPTCHA Jun 2023 · Security
• switched Preact → Hammer.js May 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped C Apr 2023 · Programming languages
• added Preact Mar 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• switched Java → C Feb 2023 · Programming languages
• added Datadog Jan 2023 · RUM
• dropped Hammer.js Jan 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped YouTube Jan 2023 · Video players

2022 21 added · 2 dropped · 1 switched

• added RSS Dec 2022 · Miscellaneous
• added HSTS Sep 2022 · Security
• added Open Graph Sep 2022 · Miscellaneous
• added Bootstrap Aug 2022 · UI frameworks
• added Cloudinary Aug 2022 · CDN
• added GoDaddy Aug 2022 · Hosting
• added Google Optimize Aug 2022 · A/B Testing
• added Google Workspace Aug 2022 · Email
• added Heap Aug 2022 · Analytics
• added Hotjar Aug 2022 · Analytics
• added Java Aug 2022 · Programming languages
• added MailChimp Aug 2022 · Marketing automation
• added PWA Aug 2022 · Miscellaneous
• added YouTube Jul 2022 · Video players
• dropped Tailwind CSS Jun 2022 · UI frameworks
• added Hotjar May 2022 · Analytics
• added Java Apr 2022 · Programming languages
• added MUI Apr 2022 · UI frameworks
• added Tailwind CSS Apr 2022 · UI frameworks
• added Cloudinary Feb 2022 · Digital asset management
• switched Optimizely → Google Optimize Feb 2022 · A/B Testing
• added JSS Feb 2022 · Development
• dropped Cloudinary Jan 2022 · CDN
• added Heap Jan 2022 · Analytics

2021 12 added · 8 dropped · 2 switched

• added Cloudinary Nov 2021 · CDN
• dropped Stripe Oct 2021 · Payment processors
• added core-js Sep 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• added Wheelio Sep 2021 · Widgets
• dropped YouTube Aug 2021 · Video players
• added Algolia Jul 2021 · Search engines
• added Bootstrap Jul 2021 · UI frameworks
• added Hammer.js Jul 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• added Intercom Jul 2021 · Live chat
• added Facebook Pixel Jun 2021 · Analytics
• dropped Meteor Jun 2021 · JavaScript frameworks
• dropped MongoDB Jun 2021 · Databases
• added YouTube Jun 2021 · Video players
• dropped Bootstrap May 2021 · UI frameworks
• added Express May 2021 · Web servers
• added Next.js Apr 2021 · Web frameworks
• added Vercel Apr 2021 · Web servers
• switched Babel → Webpack Apr 2021 · Miscellaneous
• dropped Intercom Mar 2021 · Analytics
• dropped Lodash Mar 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped Webpack Mar 2021 · Miscellaneous
• switched Font Awesome → Typekit Feb 2021 · Font scripts

2020 4 added · 2 dropped

• added jsDelivr Jul 2020 · CDN
• added Nginx Jul 2020 · Reverse proxies
• dropped Sumo Apr 2020 · Marketing Automation
• added Babel Mar 2020 · Miscellaneous
• dropped YouTube Mar 2020 · Video Players
• added YouTube Jan 2020 · Video Players

2019 23 added · 1 dropped

• dropped Express Oct 2019 · Web Frameworks
• added Sentry Oct 2019 · Issue Trackers
• added Stripe Oct 2019 · Payment Processors
• added reCAPTCHA Jun 2019 · Captchas
• added Google Tag Manager May 2019 · Tag Managers
• added Bootstrap Mar 2019 · Web Frameworks
• added Contentful Mar 2019 · CMS
• added Express Mar 2019 · Web Frameworks
• added Facebook Mar 2019 · Widgets
• added Font Awesome Mar 2019 · Font Scripts
• added Google Analytics Mar 2019 · Analytics
• added Google Font API Mar 2019 · Font Scripts
• added Intercom Mar 2019 · Analytics
• added jQuery Mar 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
• added Lodash Mar 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
• added Meteor Mar 2019 · JavaScript Frameworks
• added MongoDB Mar 2019 · Databases
• added Netlify Mar 2019 · Web Servers
• added Node.js Mar 2019 · Programming Languages
• added Optimizely Mar 2019 · Analytics
• added React Mar 2019 · JavaScript Frameworks
• added Segment Mar 2019 · Analytics
• added Sumo Mar 2019 · Widgets
• added Webpack Mar 2019 · Miscellaneous

2018 8 added

• added Bootstrap Jun 2018 · Web Frameworks
• added Facebook Jun 2018 · Widgets
• added Google Analytics Jun 2018 · Analytics
• added Google Font API Jun 2018 · Font Scripts
• added Intercom Jun 2018 · Analytics
• added jQuery Jun 2018 · JavaScript Frameworks
• added Optimizely Jun 2018 · Analytics
• added React Jun 2018 · JavaScript Frameworks