Browsertech Digest

Filling the remaining gap between WebSocket, WebRTC and WebTranspor

Existing web platform facilities for network communication include WebSocket and WebRTC. Each mandates a specific protocol, ensures TLS, and respects the Same Origin Policy. The proposed WebTransport is similar in these respects.

chadtmiller.com/goose

A Gleam WebSocket consumer for AT Protocol Jetstream events.

bigmoves/goose

🪿 A Gleam WebSocket consumer for AT Protocol Jetstream events.

Community Tech Speakers

Dietrich was kind enough to describe the Mozilla Tech Speakers program he created and ran, where the people around the world already promoting Mozilla/ Firefox / etc got support to give talks. Calling it Ecosystem Activity Uplift Program here: This would need funding to run such a thing, although we could maybe prototype parts of it with the Community Fund. As input, one of the things we need is lists of events next year. I think I’ll start by making a wiki page here to get things started s...

browseros-ai/BrowserOS

🌐 The open-source Agentic browser; alternative to ChatGPT Atlas, Perplexity Comet, Dia.

How It All Started: Pre-W3C Web and Internet Background

1971: Ray Tomlinson of BBN creates email program to send messages across a distributed network.

2026 Web Engines Hackfest

Web Platform community event for people working on the different engines (Chromium/Blink/V8, Safari/WebKit/JSC, Firefox/Gecko/SpiderMonkey, Servo, Ladybird), on the testing side (WPT, Test262), on specifications (W3C, WhatWG, TC39), on web compat (webcompat.com), or on documentation (MDN Web Docs, web.dev).

2026 Web Engines Hackfest

Web Platform community event for people working on the different engines (Chromium/Blink/V8, Safari/WebKit/JSC, Firefox/Gecko/SpiderMonkey, Servo, Ladybird), on the testing side (WPT, Test262), on specifications (W3C, WhatWG, TC39), on web compat (webcompat.com), or on documentation (MDN Web Docs, web.dev).

24/7 - Chats | Igalia - Open Source Consulting and Development

Igalia is an open source consulting firm specialised in the development of innovative projects and solutions. Our engineers have expertise in a wide range of technological areas, including browsers and client-side web technologies, graphics pipeline, compilers and virtual machines. We have the most WPE, WebKit, Chromium/Blink and Firefox expertise found in the consulting business, including many reviewers and committers. Igalia designs, develops, customises and optimises GNU/Linux-based solutions for companies across the globe. Our work and contributions are present in many projects such as GStreamer, Mesa 3D, WebKit, Chromium, etc.

High Performance Browser Networking (O'Reilly)

What every web developer must know about mobile networks, protocols, and APIs provided by browser to deliver the best user experience.