Can You Build a Web Browser? | Andreas Kling

Wookash Podcast May 17, 2025
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What does it really take to build a web browser from scratch? In this in-depth interview, Andreas Kling — the creator of the Ladybird browser and SerenityOS — shares his journey from working at Apple to founding an independent, open-source browser project completely free from corporate influence. We explore the surprising complexity behind rendering web pages, handling JavaScript, and building a modern browser engine with a small team. Andreas also opens up about leaving big tech, the challenges of performance, standards compliance, memory safety, and how Ladybird is proving that a few dedicated people can take on the giants! Ladybird: https://ladybird.org/ Ladybird Project GitHub: https://github.com/LadybirdBrowser/ladybird Ladybird Project Discord: https://discord.com/invite/nvfjVJ4Svh Andreas’ Website: https://awesomekling.github.io/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AndreasKling X: https://x.com/awesomekling Wookash Podcast Show links: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lukasz-sciga Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7tExkDJcI6vvmpCguX8Ygd Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wookash-podcast/id1683109481 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9J9u3apteD0EuFjzRpt71w RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/dd7643a4/podcast/rss X: https://x.com/wookash_podcast

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