Clone 8 production apps in 60 seconds, add Sign-In to any published app, run anything from one chat with / and @, ship new email + task + GitHub triggers, and check free-busy from Google Calendar — all in May 2026.
The complete 62-year history of virtualization — from IBM CP-40 in 1964 through VMware, Xen, KVM, Docker, Kubernetes, Lambda, Firecracker, and Claude Computer Use — and why the workspace is the sixth wave.
The complete history of spreadsheets — from VisiCalc on the Apple II (1979) to Lotus 1-2-3, Excel, Google Sheets, Airtable, Notion DBs, and Taskade Genesis. Forty-seven years of the programmable document.
The complete history of WebSockets — from HTTP polling and Comet hacks through RFC 6455 (2011) to today's real-time AI agent streams. The substrate every collaborative editor, every chat app, and every AI agent rides on.
The complete history of workflow automation — from 1960s EDI through Yahoo Pipes, IFTTT, Zapier, Make, n8n, and Temporal durable execution to Taskade's bidirectional AI-agent automations. Six decades in one post.
The complete history of ServiceNow — from Fred Luddy losing $35M in the Peregrine collapse and starting again at 50, to a $13.3B agentic-AI platform powering 85% of the Fortune 500. Knowledge 2026 in full.
The complete history of Lotus Notes — from Ray Ozzie's PLATO origins to Iris Associates, the 1989 launch, IBM's $3.5B acquisition, HCL today, and Taskade Genesis as Notes' AI-native heir. Workspace DNA explained.
Bill Atkinson's HyperCard shipped free with every Mac in 1987 and turned a generation of non-programmers into builders. Thirty-nine years later, Taskade Genesis is its AI-native heir. The complete history.
The complete history of Conflict-free Replicated Data Types — from Leslie Lamport's 1978 clocks to Shapiro's 2011 CRDT paper, YATA, Yjs, Automerge, Peritext, and Diamond Types. And why Taskade Projects still chose Operational Transformation instead.
The complete history of Etherpad — from Aaron Iba's MIT bet through the Google acquisition, the Wave team, the open-source resurrection, and the lineage that runs through ShareJS to Taskade Projects today. With Aaron Iba on the Taskade cap table.
A 58-year line from Engelbart's NLS to Etherpad to Google Wave to Taskade Genesis. The complete history of real-time collaborative software — and why AI agents are the next class of co-editor on the same OT stream.
AI thinking modes explained: Auto, Standard, Thinking, and Reasoning — Taskade's four selectable modes. What each does, when to use it, and how per-agent pinning unlocks the right mode for every workflow automatically.
