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