Webmaster a Manifesto for Everyone

The article is a manifesto celebrating the role of webmasters—the early, self-taught web professionals who combined design, development, and technical expertise to build and maintain websites. Tracing the history back to 1991 and the first webmaster, Stanford librarian Louise Addis, the author explains how the term originated from the email "postmaster" role and became formalized in internet protocols before evolving into a broader profession. The piece argues that understanding the power and legacy of webmasters is essential to the modern independent web movement.