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Project Code Rush - The Beginnings of Netscape / Mozilla Documentary

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What it is

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 Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters recommend it as an intimate, embedded look at late-90s web history and the spirit of building something important under pressure.

  • 13 people recommended it
  • 12 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “Code Rush, which is an awesome documentary for anyone interested in the history of the Web”

    Awesome documentary for anyone interested in web history

    jwatt, 2019-08 · Strong recommendation · in “Contributing to the Mozilla code base”

  2. “The documentary Code Rush is required viewing, IMHO, to capture some of the excitement of that era.”

    Captures the excitement of the Mozilla open-sourcing era

    e15ctr0n, 2020-04 · Strong recommendation · in “Mitchell Baker Named CEO of Mozilla”

  3. “There's a good Netscape documentary filmed during their last year leading up to the acquisition.”

    Documentary on Netscape's last year and Mozilla source release

    Reedx, 2018-11 · Recommendation · in “AOL acquires Netscape in $4.2B deal (1998)”

  4. “Project Code Rush", a 1h documentary”

    One-hour documentary suggested among early tech history resources

    mtmail, 2019-07 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Books to recommend about early tech history (late 90s)?”

  5. “I really recommend the 2000 documentary Code Rush”

    Glimpse of Netscape culture during open sourcing and AOL acquisition

    lancebeet, 2019-10 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: How was life for a regular dev during the dot com burst?”

  6. “Fun documentary”

    Fun documentary about Netscape engineers

    ragle, 2020-03 · Recommendation · in “Yelp to stop auto-creating fundraisers after outrage from business owners”

  7. “an embedded documentary following people at Netscape in 1998”

    Embedded documentary following Netscape people in 1998

    Jugurtha, 2020-06 · Recommendation · in “Cloudflare TV”

  8. “I watched the Netscape documentary "Project Code Rush" [2] with Jamie Zawinski and loved the spirit and the feeling of doing something important.”

    Conveys the spirit of doing something important at Netscape

    purerandomness, 2020-06 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Career and life advice for a 30yo”

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Topics: netscape, mozilla, dot-com era, open source, jwz, web history

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