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What It Was Like To Code AOL Instant Messenger, According To 2 Devs Who Were There

What It Was Like To Code AOL Instant Messenger, According To 2 Devs Who...

In honor of Codecademy's 11th anniversary, we're looking back at the 2000s websites and software that influenced our founders to build Codecademy — and inspired a generation to learn to code. Explore other fun deep dives into early aughts internet topics here.Perking up at the digitized sound of a door creaking open. Getting butterflies when…
How Myspace, Neopets & The Internet of the Aughts Taught Millennials to Code

How Myspace, Neopets & The Internet of the Aughts Taught Millennials to Code

In honor of Codecademy's 11th anniversary, we're looking back at the 2000s websites and software that influenced our founders to build Codecademy — and inspired a generation to learn to code. Explore other fun deep dives into early aughts internet topics here.To many millennials, websites like Myspace, Xanga, and Neopets are as emblematic of their…
This 20-Year-Old Programmer Coded Myspace Back To Life — Take A Look

This 20-Year-Old Programmer Coded Myspace Back To Life — Take A Look

In honor of Codecademy's 11th anniversary, we're looking back at the 2000s websites and software that influenced our founders to build Codecademy — and inspired a generation to learn to code. Explore other fun deep dives into early aughts internet topics here.In the early aughts, while teenagers were busy copying HTML/CSS snippets for their Myspace…
The 3 Features That Make Wikipedia an (Underrated) Internet Icon

The 3 Features That Make Wikipedia an (Underrated) Internet Icon

In honor of Codecademy's 11th anniversary, we're looking back at the 2000s websites and software that influenced our founders to build Codecademy — and inspired a generation to learn to code. Explore other fun deep dives into early aughts internet topics here.There are countless ways to look up facts on the internet practically instantaneously —…