JavaScript @ Spotify

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Desktop UI moves from C++ to HTML/JavaScript, exposing native functionality through a C++ client core and Chromium Embedded Framework (SEF) web views; the rewrite aims to speed iteration, improve retina and accessibility support, and allow feature teams to ship faster. Engineering choices: sandboxed UIs via iframes to contain leaks and allow killing views to reclaim memory, a shift to a single monorepo with one build pipeline and an internal npm to avoid cross-repo version drift, and a documented golden path to standardize tooling and testing.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 1:09Spotify History
3. 3:23Web Build
4. 13:15Iframes
5. 16:09Horizontal changes
6. 17:10Continuous integration
7. 19:26Single build pipeline
8. 20:34Entropy
9. 21:26Golden Path
10. 23:37Lessons Learned

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