Servo with Josh Matthews

Allen Wyma talks with Josh Matthews, former Engineering Manager at Mozilla for Servo, a web browser engine written in Rust.

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Timestamps

• [@0:00] - Josh’s history with Servo
• [@3:54] - Community fears around the future of Rust when Mozilla had their layoffs
• [@6:52] - Chrome’s Javascript engine
• [@10:54] - How to make web design more secure with Rust
• [@19:50] - How Servo is using Rust
• [@24:49] - Servo’s responsibility as browser engine vs a JavaScript engine
• [@30:14] - CSS Grid support
• [@35:51] - Developer tools
• [@39:54] - Complexity in web optimization
• [@42:13] - Running multiple iframes within a page
• [@44:21] - How Rust helped Servo
• [@46:32] - Funding Servo
• [@50:19] - Where to get updates on Servo
• [@50:40] - Parting thoughts

Credits

Intro Theme: Aerocity

Audio Editing: Plangora

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset

Show Notes: Plangora

Hosts: Allen Wyma