If curious, past threads:

UTF-8 history (2003) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21212445 - Oct 2019 (52 comments)

UTF-8 History (2003) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19565980 - April 2019 (3 comments)

UTF-8 history - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15236856 - Sept 2017 (1 comment)

UTF-8 history (2003) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8648541 - Nov 2014 (7 comments)

UTF-8 Original Proposal - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6463466 - Sept 2013 (3 comments)

UTF-8 History - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2081932 - Jan 2011 (2 comments)

The history of UTF-8 as told by Rob Pike - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=577116 - April 2009 (1 comment)

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Don't miss this great link from the 2017 thread: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ajstarks/sets/7215763147079887...