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Web Development History

Writing Content That’s Better Than AI

February 19, 2026October 6, 2023 by Richard MacManus
Joost de Valk tweet

I came across the above tweet today from Joost de Valk, who was the founder of SEO product Yoast. For the benefit of those who can’t see the image, here is the main part (emphasis mine): If your content is not better than what Google’s Search Generative Experience (SGE) can generate on its own, based … Read more

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My latest project: Web Development History

February 19, 2026January 9, 2021 by Richard MacManus

This week I launched a new website: Web Development History. As the name suggests, it’ll be an ongoing chronicle of internet history — but from a development perspective. Simply put, I want to describe how the web actually works and how that has evolved over the past 30 years.

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