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Discussion on: What was the most influential piece of software in the 2010s

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Ben Halpern

Chrome?

Browser-driven web development is eating a lot of domains and Google is the forcing function through Chrome. For better or worse, it's been incredibly influential.

Docker and the rise of containers as a big deal also seems to qualify with Kubernetes blowing up towards the end of the decade.

NodeJS definitely ushered in a new wave. A lot of developers are learning Node as their first thing and "full stack JavaScript" as a default in a lot of cases.

React was definitely the most influential library in frontend web dev.

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Fulton Browne

I definitely agree with docker, I suck at deploying stuff and docker REALLY helps me