Fireside chat
summary
A firsthand account of Netscape’s code rush says the company fails to survive but open source browser preserved the web from single‑vendor control, describes a massive global symbol table that required custom compilers and an intern‑breaking header file, and admits 100+ hour weeks drove bad decisions. It favors funding maintainers via foundations, champions CI/CD work born from the continuous integration/tinderbox era, warns that crypto is a crock while valuing blockchain as a ledger, and gives concrete onboarding tips for newcomers.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Start
- 3:33Why Is It Important to the World
- 11:12How Much Did You Sleep during that Code Rush
- 12:08Have You Tried Vivaldi Browser
- 17:03What Do You Think Are the Most Interesting Projects Going On Right Now in the It World
- 19:28Chrome Ecosystem
- 23:36Were Affected by the Dot-Com Bubble in the 2000s and How Did You Handle that
- 26:23Do You Still Participate in Open Source Projects
- 29:04Contributor's Guide
- 29:59Future of Open Source
- 32:03Linux Foundation
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