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Brendan Eich: JavaScript, Firefox, Mozilla, and Brave | Lex Fridman Podcast #160

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What it is

A roughly three-hour Lex Fridman podcast conversation with Brendan Eich, creator of JavaScript and co-founder of Mozilla and Brave. It covers JavaScript's rushed creation at Netscape, the browser wars, Firefox and Mozilla, and Brave's privacy approach.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Linked as a source for first-hand JavaScript and Netscape history, with commenters pointing to specific segments like the Java versus JavaScript decision.

  • 5 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “a real gem of an interview, in my opinion”

    Timecoded segment on browser wars, privacy protections, ads and search

    michaelsbradley, 2021-06 · Strong recommendation · in “Brave Search beta”

  2. “Lots of great little tidbits of history in the conversation”

    Eich conversation full of tidbits about JavaScript history

    jcims, 2021-02 · Recommendation · in “Faster JavaScript Calls”

  3. “Recommended "literature”

    Listed among recommended viewing about JavaScript and its creator

    onetom, 2021-02 · Recommendation · in “Choose Boring Technology (2015)”

  4. “There was this wonderful podcast featuring Eich a few days ago”

    Podcast with Brendan Eich on JavaScript, Firefox, Mozilla and Brave

    pmurt7, 2021-03 · Recommendation · in “Brave buys a search engine, promises no tracking, no profiling”

  5. “If this is exciting for you then you'll love this podcast with Brendan Eich.”

    Podcast with the creator of JavaScript and co-founder of Mozilla and Brave

    hnrodey, 2023-07 · Recommendation · in “Netscape and Sun announce JavaScript (1995)”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: brendan eich, netscape, brave, mozilla, browser wars

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