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Project Code Rush - The Beginnings of Netscape / Mozilla Documentary
The Documentary Network · Aug 12, 2013 · 56m 9s
What this video covers
Code Rush is a one-hour documentary following Netscape engineers in Silicon Valley through the company's last year as an independent firm. It covers the Mozilla open-source announcement, the frantic push to ready the source for release by March 31, 1998, and the toll on engineers' lives before the AOL acquisition.
Why it surfaced in Hacker News
HN commenters recommend it as an intimate, embedded look at late-90s web history and the spirit of building something important under pressure.
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Recommendation context
Short excerpts from positive mentions. Open the source to read the full Hacker News discussion.
“Code Rush, which is an awesome documentary for anyone interested in the history of the Web”
“The documentary Code Rush is required viewing, IMHO, to capture some of the excitement of that era.”
“There's a good Netscape documentary filmed during their last year leading up to the acquisition.”