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dub3's pixel tribute to Open Hub in 2006: a Web 2.0-era database
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2006 page

dub3 card · openhub.net

Open Hub (2006)

Still in beta.

Cost
3 RAM
Power
6
Rarity
Common
Family
Search
Era
Web 2.0 (2003 to 2008)
Collection
The Long Tail

What it does

On reveal: Draw 1 card.

On reveal happens once, when the card flips.

It costs 3 RAM to play and brings 6 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.

Search cards grow with the friends in their lane, and some draw you cards.

The site, in 2006

A directory of open-source projects that counted their contributors and lines of code. It was formerly called Ohloh.

Founded in 2004 by ex-Microsoft managers Jason Allen and Scott Collison. By January 2016 it listed 669,601 projects. Black Duck, which ran it, was bought by Synopsys for $565 million in 2017.

Web 2.0 era, 2003 to 2008. Rounded corners, reflections and drop shadows. Everything was social, and everything was in beta.

The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.

Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2006 page.

Put it on your site

Run Open Hub, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1999. Paste this into your page:

Open Hub is a dub3 card

In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2006, then plays a short scene. Want Open Hub in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.