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1947 → 2025
  1. 1947 The moth didn't coin 'bug'
  2. 1972 'hello, world' predates C
  3. 1979 A secret signature in Adventure
  4. 1989 Python is named for comedians
  5. 1991 Linux was almost Freax
  6. 1991 The first website is still online
  7. 1992 Technical debt came from a finance app
  8. 1993 Debian is a couple's names
  9. 1993 The first Usenet 'spam' was a bug
  10. 1995 Nobody agrees who named Java
  11. 1995 'A patchy server' is a pun, not the origin
  12. 1995 Wiki comes from an airport shuttle
  13. 1996 Bluetooth is a Viking king
  14. 1996 One cast destroyed Ariane 5
  15. 1997 JUnit was written on a plane
  16. 1999 A units mismatch lost a Mars orbiter
  17. 2001 Agile was almost 'Lightweight'
  18. 2001 'import this' was a T-shirt slogan
  19. 2005 Git is a self-insult
  20. 2009 DevOps began in an empty room
  21. 2010 HashiCorp started in a dorm room
  22. 2016 11 lines broke npm
  23. 2024 One content update, 8.5M crashes
  24. 2025 'Vibe coding' was one tweet

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