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We can't really understand where we are unless we understand how we got here - and, when it comes to the web and web development, Jay Hoffman serves up history that, on top of being useful, is always fun to read.
Our critics' weekly event picks every Tuesday
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Our weekend guide to last-minute plans, movies worth watching, and food news every Friday
Shallow Rewards has been my online “brand” since 2006. I self-published a Kindle ebook collecting essays written after my years at Pitchfork and before the multimedia phase of videos and podcasts I produced between 2012 and 2017. All legacy…