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I'm fed up with it, so I'm writing a browser (adayinthelifeof.nl)

submitted 1 year ago by dnzm@feddit.nl to c/foss@beehaw.org

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This blogpost starts with me switching of my car radio, and ends with me writing a browser. There is some stuff in between as well.

Interesting take from the author; exactly the kind of thing that might start something big — or maybe it won't, and that's OK, too. Either way, I can appreciate the attitude!

(There's also a discussion on the orange site)

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[–] 0x1C3B00DA@kbin.social 43 points 1 year ago

A one-man project starting from scratch is not going to be viable in this day and age.

It's a pet project; it doesn't need to be "viable".

I think this attitude is part of the reason why we have so few browsers. Every time someone tries to start their own browser, even just for fun, a lot of the response is just bitching about how big and complex browsers are and how the effort to start a new one is wasted. It makes it so that people interested in writing their own browser (for fun or profit) are less likely to share about it and probably less likely to pursue it seriously