Web Technologies Used by kottke.org

Nginx is a web server and reverse proxy software. It is also used as a load balancer, HTTP cache and a mail proxy server. It is open source and free, and is known for its high performance and stability. Nginx is designed to handle a large number of concurrent connections and can easily scale to meet the needs of a high-traffic website. It is used by some of the world's most popular websites, including Netflix, WordPress, and Dropbox.

YouTube is a free video sharing website that allows users to watch, share, like, comment, and upload videos. It was founded in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees, Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim. YouTube has become a platform for users to watch and share videos, as well as a platform for users to create and upload their own original content. It provides a wide range of categories, from entertainment and music to news, tutorials, and more. YouTube also has a large community of viewers, with more than 2 billion users logging in every month. YouTube is also available in more than 80 languages and is now available in more than 100 countries.

PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor is a general-purpose programming language originally designed for web development. PHP code may be executed with a command line interface (CLI), embedded into HTML code, or used in combination with various web template systems, web content management systems, and web frameworks.

jQuery is a JavaScript library designed to simplify HTML DOM tree traversal and manipulation, as well as event handling, CSS animation, and Ajax. It is free, open-source software using the permissive MIT License.

jQuery Migrate is a javascript library that allows you to preserve the compatibility of your jQuery code developed for versions of jQuery older than 1.9. It basically restores deprecated features and behaviours so that older code will still run properly on the current jQuery version and later.

Cloudflare is a company that provides content delivery network services, DDoS mitigation, Internet security and distributed domain name server services. Cloudflare's services sit between the visitor and the Cloudflare user's hosting provider, acting as a reverse proxy for websites.

Cloudflare bot management solution identifies and mitigates automated traffic to protect websites from bad bots.

Simple Analytics is a privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative.

BuySellAds is a marketplace for Publishers and for Advertisers to buy and sell ads.

Carbon Ads is an ad tech company, that connects advertisers to users through targeted verticals called Circles.