Technology history for rifftrax.com

2026 1 added

• added reCAPTCHA May 2026 · Security

2025 1 dropped

• dropped Tailwind CSS May 2025 · UI frameworks

2024 1 added · 8 dropped · 1 switched

• dropped Cart Functionality Dec 2024 · Ecommerce
• dropped Disqus Dec 2024 · Comment systems
• dropped Google AdSense Dec 2024 · Advertising
• dropped Google Tag Manager Dec 2024 · Tag managers
• dropped JW Player Dec 2024 · Video players
• dropped Lodash Dec 2024 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped reCAPTCHA Dec 2024 · Security
• dropped Twitter Ads Dec 2024 · Advertising
• added PWA Nov 2024 · Miscellaneous
• switched Bootstrap → Tailwind CSS Nov 2024 · UI frameworks

2023 1 added · 4 dropped · 1 switched

• dropped AddThis Jul 2023 · Widgets
• dropped Moat Jul 2023 · Analytics
• added Google Tag Manager May 2023 · Tag managers
• dropped C Apr 2023 · Programming languages
• dropped Google Optimize Apr 2023 · A/B Testing
• switched Java → C Feb 2023 · Programming languages

2022 43 added · 5 dropped · 1 switched

• dropped Google Cloud Nov 2022 · IaaS
• dropped Google Cloud Trace Nov 2022 · Performance
• dropped Google Tag Manager Nov 2022 · Tag managers
• dropped Google Font API Oct 2022 · Font scripts
• added HSTS Sep 2022 · Security
• added Open Graph Sep 2022 · Miscellaneous
• added AddThis Aug 2022 · Widgets
• added Aimtell Aug 2022 · Marketing automation
• added Amazon Web Services Aug 2022 · PaaS
• added Bootstrap Aug 2022 · UI frameworks
• added Cart Functionality Aug 2022 · Ecommerce
• added Cloudflare Aug 2022 · CDN
• added Cloudflare Bot Management Aug 2022 · Security
• added core-js Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added Disqus Aug 2022 · Comment systems
• added Drupal Aug 2022 · CMS
• added Fastly Aug 2022 · CDN
• added Google AdSense Aug 2022 · Advertising
• added Google Cloud Aug 2022 · IaaS
• added Google Cloud Trace Aug 2022 · Performance
• added Google Optimize Aug 2022 · A/B Testing
• added Google Tag Manager Aug 2022 · Tag managers
• added Google Workspace Aug 2022 · Email
• added Java Aug 2022 · Programming languages
• added jQuery Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added jQuery Migrate Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added JW Player Aug 2022 · Video players
• added Lodash Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added MailChimp Aug 2022 · Marketing automation
• added MariaDB Aug 2022 · Databases
• switched Twitter Analytics → Moat Aug 2022 · Analytics
• added Modernizr Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added MooTools Aug 2022 · JavaScript frameworks
• added New Relic Aug 2022 · RUM
• added Nginx Aug 2022 · Web servers
• added Pantheon Aug 2022 · PaaS
• added reCAPTCHA Aug 2022 · Security
• added Ruby Aug 2022 · Programming languages
• added Ruby on Rails Aug 2022 · Web frameworks
• added Stripe Aug 2022 · Payment processors
• added Twitter Ads Aug 2022 · Advertising
• added UserVoice Aug 2022 · Issue trackers
• added Varnish Aug 2022 · Caching
• added Google Font API Jul 2022 · Font scripts
• dropped Tailwind CSS Jun 2022 · UI frameworks
• added Google Cloud Apr 2022 · IaaS
• added Google Cloud Trace Apr 2022 · Performance
• added reCAPTCHA Apr 2022 · Security
• added Tailwind CSS Apr 2022 · UI frameworks

2021 23 added · 13 dropped · 3 switched

• dropped Wheelio Dec 2021 · Widgets
• added Cloudflare Bot Management Nov 2021 · Security
• dropped Google Sign-in Nov 2021 · Social logins
• added core-js Sep 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• switched Google Plus → Wheelio Sep 2021 · Widgets
• added Java Aug 2021 · Programming languages
• added Bootstrap Jul 2021 · UI frameworks
• added Cart Functionality Jul 2021 · Ecommerce
• added Disqus Jul 2021 · Comment systems
• switched Optimizely → Google Optimize Jul 2021 · A/B Testing
• added Google Tag Manager Jul 2021 · Tag managers
• added jQuery Jul 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• added jQuery Migrate Jul 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• added Lodash Jul 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• added Modernizr Jul 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• added MooTools Jul 2021 · JavaScript frameworks
• added New Relic Jul 2021 · Analytics
• added Ruby Jul 2021 · Programming languages
• added Ruby on Rails Jul 2021 · Web frameworks
• added UserVoice Jul 2021 · Issue trackers
• dropped Cart Functionality Jun 2021 · Ecommerce
• added JW Player Jun 2021 · Video players
• added Optimizely Jun 2021 · A/B Testing
• added Twitter Ads May 2021 · Advertising
• added Twitter Analytics May 2021 · Analytics
• dropped Bootstrap Mar 2021 · UI frameworks
• dropped Disqus Mar 2021 · Comment systems
• dropped jQuery Mar 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped jQuery Migrate Mar 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped Modernizr Mar 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped MooTools Mar 2021 · JavaScript frameworks
• dropped New Relic Mar 2021 · Analytics
• dropped Ruby Mar 2021 · Programming languages
• dropped Ruby on Rails Mar 2021 · Web frameworks
• dropped UserVoice Mar 2021 · Issue trackers
• added Aimtell Feb 2021 · Marketing automation
• switched jsDelivr → Fastly Feb 2021 · CDN
• added Google Sign-in Feb 2021 · Social logins
• added Moat Feb 2021 · Analytics

2020 2 added

• added Cart Functionality Aug 2020 · Ecommerce
• added jsDelivr Jul 2020 · CDN

2019 25 added · 2 dropped · 1 switched

• added Disqus Aug 2019 · Comment Systems
• dropped Facebook Aug 2019 · Widgets
• added MariaDB May 2019 · Databases
• added Pantheon May 2019 · PaaS
• added AddThis Mar 2019 · Widgets
• added Apache HTTP Server Mar 2019 · Web Servers
• added Bootstrap Mar 2019 · Web Frameworks
• added Cloudflare Mar 2019 · CDN
• added Drupal Mar 2019 · CMS
• added Facebook Mar 2019 · Widgets
• added Google AdSense Mar 2019 · Advertising Networks
• added Google Analytics Mar 2019 · Analytics
• added Google Plus Mar 2019 · Widgets
• added jQuery Mar 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
• added jQuery Migrate Mar 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
• added Modernizr Mar 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
• added MooTools Mar 2019 · JavaScript Frameworks
• added New Relic Mar 2019 · Analytics
• added Nginx Mar 2019 · Web Servers
• added PHP Mar 2019 · Programming Languages
• added Ruby Mar 2019 · Programming Languages
• added Ruby on Rails Mar 2019 · Web Frameworks
• added Simple Machines Forum Mar 2019 · Message Boards
• added Stripe Mar 2019 · Payment Processors
• added UserVoice Mar 2019 · Issue Trackers
• switched RackCache → Varnish Mar 2019 · Cache Tools
• dropped Acquia Cloud Feb 2019 · Web Servers
• added New Relic Jan 2019 · Analytics

2018 8 added

• added Google AdSense Aug 2018 · Advertising Networks
• added Acquia Cloud Jun 2018 · Web Servers
• added Bootstrap Jun 2018 · Web Frameworks
• added Facebook Jun 2018 · Widgets
• added Google Analytics Jun 2018 · Analytics
• added Google Plus Jun 2018 · Widgets
• added jQuery Migrate Jun 2018 · JavaScript Frameworks
• added PHP Jun 2018 · Programming Languages