At Igalia we help make the Internet work better by improving web browsers like Chrome and Safari. We also work with the underlying technologies that make websites look and function properly, like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript—the building blocks of every web application.

In everything we do, we try to place a strong emphasis on social responsibility. This means that our focus extends beyond profit to making a positive impact on society. Igalia is built on values of equality and transparency, which are deeply embedded in our organizational structure. These commitments to social responsibility shape the core principles that guide our work.

Instead of using Chromium for browsing the Web, let’s explore how to use it for building applications.

Chromium is open-source and its codebase is organized in components which can be used for many different purposes. For example, Chromium is used for building browsers other than Chrome like Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, among others. You may also be familiarized with V8, the Chromium JavaScript engine that may be used to power scripting on server-side, like Node.js and Deno.

Last week, we talked about Chrome, Google’s browser.

We discussed open technologies, cooperativism, and Chromium’s governance with a focus on a transparent future. We talked about the development of browser variants, its use on different platforms, and how we will approach Generative AI in Chrome.

This post was inspired by “Short blog post from Madrid’s hotel room” from my colleague Frédéric Wang. You should really check his post instead! To Fred: thanks for the feedback and review here. I’m in for football in the next Summit, alright? :-)

This week, I finally went to A Coruña for the Web Engines Hackfest and internal company meetings. These were my first on-site events since the COVID-19 pandemic. After two years of non-super-exciting virtual conferences I was so glad to finally be able to meet with colleagues and other people from the Web.

Prototyping

At the beginning of 2016, myself, Tuomas and João drafted out a skateboard business in Brazil. João, blasé about his electrical engineering endeavours, desperately wanted to practice skydiving and live abroad. He was down to whatever to accomplish his goals, and so he was alright with the much lower endorphin that skateboarding was proving also. That was great, because besides being a great and funny friend, he was also a truly handyman, and we needed that kind of person in our business.

In the midst of the worst health crisis, disturbing patriotism doctrines and a myriad of digital vices that became the gateway to the respect and love that we all crave, my brother recently gave us fulfilling reasons to celebrate The Great Life.

Although the picture below is by itself mesmerizing, that unique moment captured requires a deeper explanation.

What you’re seeing is myself and Marianna marrying André, un chevalier parfait, and Francine, la bella. Just like all very fortunate best man and bridesmaid, we were the only ones present and allowed to be there, due to pandemic sanitary measures happening in Curitiba during the period of the ceremony. Also, in the picture you’re seeing Francine carrying a baby; yes, you are actually seeing the five of us therefore! As if these two spectacular reasons were not sufficient for celebration, the entangled destinies of nature have presented the wedding ceremony on the 6th of March, the exact birthday of our beloved grandma (“a vó”), who has raised me and André.