Servo with Josh Matthews

Allen Wyma talks with Josh Matthews (linkedin.com/in/joshuadmatthews), former Engineering Manager at Mozilla for Servo (servo.org), 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: twitter.com/AerocityMusic

Audio Editing: Plangora (twitter.com/plangora)

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset (twitter.com/jonhoo)

Show Notes: Plangora (twitter.com/plangora)

Hosts: Allen Wyma (twitter.com/allenwyma)