A deep dive into how thoughtful URL design can enhance usability, shareability, and performance.

A dynamic traceroute + an informative article about how the BGP routing protocol works and guides the shape of the Internet.

A zoomable map shows every page of every issue of BYTE: a monthly mainline of the entire personal computing universe.

This year, dot com turned 40. Nearly a billion domains have been registered during that period.

Not the future we want, but the one we're getting.

Dangers from an anti-web browser made by an AI company—one that probably needs a warning label when you install it.

We restore, unearth, and occasionally create interactive Google Easter eggs.

Unfortunately nothing keeps people engaged quite like rage.

Chrome turns 17 this week, and it feels like a good time to reflect on how far we have come in terms of Chromes guiding principles.

The site’s volunteers face threats from Trump, billionaires, and AI.

We built the internet on email & passwords—if someone pitched this today, we’d laugh them out of the room.

Only one person can use this site. If more than one user connects, it fails for everyone.

Explore the web’s biggest homepage. Discover similar sites. See changes over time.

They missed what was right in front of them. The audience.

This is not a precise theory, but man, what do we do even if the outline is true?

An exploration of the internet to come.

This website uses technologies not available at the time the content here is about.

Thirty years ago, the JPEG became the dominant way we share digital photos on the Internet.

In 30 years, JavaScript went from being a little scripting language to one of the world’s most popular.

What in the world did The Browser Company just do?