This is like the whole missing back story guide on what happened that lead up to "Towards Modern Web Stack". https://hn.algolia.com/?query=%22Towards%20a%20modern%20web%...

Side note, I used to wait with baited breath to hear this name again, such a source of amazing posts for so long in the tech world:

> Dart hacker Slava Egorov kindly sent me a mail correcting a number of misconceptions I had about Dart's history.

Great day to have some history!!!

This is an excellent write up, only missing touching on the null safety issue. It's a pity there isn't more discussion about dart and flutter on HN, other than the usual dismissal of it.