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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.

Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform JavaScript run-time environment that executes JavaScript code outside of a browser. Node.js lets developers use JavaScript to write command line tools and for server-side scripting.

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.

Pressable is a managed hoting platform for WordPress.

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.

core-js is a modular standard library for JavaScript, with polyfills for cutting-edge ECMAScript features.

React is a JavaScript library for building user interfaces. It is maintained by Facebook and a community of individual developers and companies. React can be used as a base in the development of single-page or mobile applications, as it is optimal for fetching rapidly changing data that needs to be recorded.

Cloudflare Network Error Logging is a browser-based technology used to quickly identify problems with site visitors connecting to Cloudflare.

Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) is a simple library that provides standard Unicode emoji support across all platforms.

MySQL is an open source relational database management system (RDBMS) based on Structured Query Language (SQL). It is one of the most popular RDBMSs and is used to store, organize, and retrieve data for a wide variety of applications. MySQL is used by many web-based applications, including WordPress, Drupal, and other content management systems. It is also used in many enterprise applications, such as banking, shopping, and e-commerce systems. MySQL is easy to use and can be quickly set up and configured on most operating systems. It is highly secure and supports a wide range of features that make it a robust and reliable database solution.

WordPress is a content management system based on PHP & MySQL. Features include a plugin architecture and a template system. It is most associated with blogging but supports other types of web content including more traditional mailing lists and forums, media galleries, and online stores.

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.

Plausible is an open-source alternative to Google Analytics.