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

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