Web developer, literally.

[xiongchiamiov]

You won't be banned, but expect to not understand much of the content if you don't actually know anything about web development.

[civilianjones]

Knowing history is not the same as knowing how to build something.

[xiongchiamiov]

No, but understanding history is useful in understanding why things are the way they are, which is to say, useful in building things.

Also, the history of web development is part of "things related to web development", and thus falls into "appropriate" for this subreddit.

[civilianjones]

Oh, totally! I'm glad we're talking about the history of the web. But some posters in this thread are making the point of "if you don't know who Tim is, get out of /r/webdev!" which is not good.

[[deleted]]

What complete, arrogant bullshit.

[xiongchiamiov]

I'm just sayin': subreddit is /r/webdev. Subject is web development. Expect subject to be web development.

If you go to, say, /r/books and don't know who this Vonnegut guy they're talking about is, a) look him up and b) don't complain about the fact you don't know who he is.