In the web era, Facebook emerged as the dominant application, overshadowing Apple's web products, which were not perceived as competitive at the time.

We're at a moment of platform shift, where developers can start seeing how to build applications in a generalized way.

YouTube innovated by allowing videos to play in the browser using Flash, eliminating the need for external applications like RealPlayer, which often crashed browsers. This was a significant product innovation at the time.

The web allowed me to throw a couple of files into a folder, boot up my web server, and share a hyperlink with anyone in the world, which got me hooked on coding.

Years of hard work and development led to the creation of WebContainer technology, which enables Bolt to run a browser-based operating system, making it faster and more reliable than competitors.

The introduction of XML HTTP requests in 2004 was a catalyst for the SaaS boom, enabling the development of rich internet applications.

The initial search engines were simply digitized yellow pages, and early mobile apps were just websites wrapped in a native app, showing a slow adaptation to new technologies.

In the late 90s, there was unlimited demand for anyone who could create HTML, allowing us to charge high consulting rates and bootstrap our business.

I was fixated on the web at its best, which was highly dynamic, bringing data and personalization instantaneously to the user.