---
title: "The History of the Web"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-history-of-the-web-jae24uva5
source_url: https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/the-lasting-influence-of-netscape-time
type: article
source: "Hacker News"
published: 2026-05-19T15:47:11.838Z
updated: 2026-05-19T15:47:34.270Z
tags: ["open-source", "mozilla"]
reading_time: 10
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# The History of the Web

**[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 10 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

A narrative account of Netscape's open source release on March 31, 1998, drawing on the documentary 'Project Code Rush' and James Clark's book 'Netscape Time.' The piece explores how Netscape pioneered a new pace of software development and distribution enabled by the web, the idealism of its engineers, and the human cost of that relentless speed. It traces the arc from Netscape's IPO through the Mozilla project launch, capturing both the transformative promise of the open web and the burnout that came with 'Netscape Time.'

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/the-lasting-influence-of-netscape-time>

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