In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Hursh Agrawal of The Browser Company about Scott’s favorite browser, Arc. How do you make a browser in 2022? Will there be a Windows version? And who is the target market for Arc?

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Show Notes

00:34 Welcome
HurshAgrawal.com
@Hursh
02:53 What is Arc and why create another browser?
Arc browser
The browser company
05:36 What is different about Arc?
08:20 Who is the target market for Arc?
09:30 Sponsor: Auth0
10:39 How do you make a browser?
13:38 Will there be a Windows version of Arc?
15:57 Where did the CMD-T functionality come from?
19:27 Sponsor: FireHydrant
20:39 How do you build on top of the Chrome engine?
24:17 How does The Browser Company make money?
27:26 Do you mess with the user agent?
29:05 Why do you require account set up to use Arc?
32:58 Sponsor: Gatsby
33:59 How did you come up with your theming engine?
36:15 Supper Club Questions
Warp
Hacker News
Changelog
Every
Ben Thompson Bundling and Unbundling
42:59 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

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