After spending a week in Dublin and seeing dual language signage of various names that are Irish in origin, I end up wondering things like this:
Andreu Botella
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Browser engineer at @igalia.com. I work on things ranging from CSS and layout in browsers, to Javascript language features, to interoperability between browsers and server-side runtimes as part of WinterTC. They/them
My colleague @atbrakhi.bsky.social wrote a nice, cleverly titled post based on a very short exchange we had on Instagram the other day... www.atbrakhi.dev/blog/browser...
Browsers Situationship: When Browsers Agree but the Spec Doesn’t | Atbrakhi's Blog
What came first: browsers or specifications? Why are specifications important? Why do we sometimes change a specification instead of browsers? What matters most: the specification or the user experien...
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BIG NEWS: Bocoup is now Igalia! The two worker co-ops have agreed to join forces, with several members of Bocoup coming aboard at Igalia, along with the brand assets and web site. More details in our official announcement: www.igalia.com/2026/Joining...
⏰ The countdown is on for next week! Soon we'll be gathering for the first day of talks at the Hackfest. We'll have 9 talks on the first day of the event. Interested in the schedule? Read on below. ⬇️
In just under two weeks we will welcome over 160 people to the 2026 Hackfest! 9 talks and 22 breakout sessions over 3 days. We're looking forward to seeing everyone! In person registration is closed but you can still tune in remotely June 15-17. For more information: github.com/Igalia/weben...
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Web Engines Hackfest. Contribute to Igalia/webengineshackfest development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Web developers, if you have sites using -webkit-line-clamp, please make sure to test them with Chrome with experimental web platform features enabled! If you can also test the new line-clamp property, that'd also be great! #CSS #webdev
Brian Kardell@bkardell.com · 5mo agoNew on the blog - Some (suprisingly fun) history of a CSS problem and a resolution that my colleague @andreubotella.com has been working on @igalia.com - we could use your help testing! bkardell.com/blog/GetClam...
New on the blog - Some (suprisingly fun) history of a CSS problem and a resolution that my colleague @andreubotella.com has been working on @igalia.com - we could use your help testing! bkardell.com/blog/GetClam...
Get Clamped: Unwinding Some Difficult CSS History
Sometimes features take a long and winding road on the way to a good solution. We could use your help testing improvements for something that's been somehow developing for about a
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I've just spent almost two weeks in the Netherlands, and now that I'm back at Spain, I have to wonder: Why the fuck do train stations in Spain suck so fucking much? Barcelona-Sants is almost an airport, holy shit.
Look, the Web Engines Hackfest is now a W3C-endorsed conference: www.w3.org/events/confe... Some working groups might arrange meetings at the hackfest. Thanks to W3C for your support and collaboration.
2026 Web Engines Hackfest
Yearly web platform community event for people working on the different engines, testing, specifications, web compat, documentation.
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We're glad to announce that Arm is sponsoring one more year the Web Engines Hackfest 2026, this time as sliver and coffee & snacks sponsors! 🎉 Big thanks for the continuous support. 🙏
WebXR on WPE WebKit is here! Igalia’s Sergio Villar breaks down the architecture, OpenXR backend, hand input, AR modes, and the road ahead. blogs.igalia.com/svillar/post...
Implementing WebXR in WebKit for WPE
Since 2022, my main focus has been working on the Wolvic browser, still the only open source WebXR-capable browser for Android/AOSP devices (Meta, Pico, Huawei, Lenovo, Lynx, HTC…) out there. That’s a...
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The Temporal proposal, co-championed by Igalia, advances to Stage 4 at TC39 — replacing JavaScript's Date API after nine years of work. Congratulations to everyone involved! Here's to better date-time handling on the web and beyond. www.igalia.com/2026/03/13/T...
Temporal Reaches Stage 4 | Igalia
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 an...
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@bkardell.com and @meyerweb.com chat with Igalia's @ptomato.name, @nicr.dev and Bloomberg's @jason-williams.co.uk about the JavaScript Temporal API www.igalia.com/chats/tempor...
We are looking for an open source product marketing manager to help us with WPE, Servo, Moonforge, Wolvic and other similar projects at @igalia.com More information: www.igalia.com/jobs/product...
Open Source Product Marketing Manager | Igalia - Open Source Consultancy and Development
We’re looking for someone to help spread the word about our Open Source projects to the whole world.
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ECMAScript EXTRA-SPECIAL excitement 😉 🚨🚨🚨 IT'S ABOUT TIME! 🚨🚨🚨 Congrats to @ptomato.name on advancing Temporal to Stage 4 at @tc39.es today 🎉 Temporal is the replacement for the JavaScript Date API 👍
Jason Williams@jason-williams.co.uk · 8mo agoTemporal is now Stage 4 at TC39 🎂🎂🎂 Thanks to all the other champions of JavaScript's new date-time API. It has been a wild ride over many years! I wrote a blog post explaining how we got here 📜 bloomberg.github.io/js-blog/post...
![Code example showing the usage of Temporal.ZoneddateTime
```js
// London DST starts: 2026-03-29 01:00 -> 02:00
const zdt = Temporal.ZonedDateTime.from(
"2026-03-29T00:30:00+00:00[Europe/London]",
);
console.log(zdt.toString());
// → "2026-03-29T00:30:00+00:00[Europe/London]"
const plus1h = zdt.add({ hours: 1 });
console.log(plus1h.toString());
// "2026-03-29T02:30:00+01:00[Europe/London]" (01:30 doesn't exist)
```](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:r5emt2gkdrkb2yc6y7xndxpe/bafkreicgonzisednk3qegophndqf6fnslwtvbd7gshsgtv6fpi3arh2dsi)
A little over 3 months to go until Web Engines Hackfest 2026, happening June 15–17 in A Coruña! If you plan to attend onsite, please register here: forms.gle/7gSwfFebFW7s... We already have more than 50 people registered: webengineshackfest.org#attendees
Web Engines Hackfest 2026 - Data
Please complete this short form to confirm your onsite participation in the Web Engines Hackfest 2026 (15-17 June in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain). Remember that you don't need to fill out this form to pa...
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Lately I've been feeling dead inside with absolutely anything AI-related. Even with the beef between the US government and Anthropic, which I'm sure is objectively funny. I don't like the future we're headed to at all...
If you're a student or early in your software/CS career, I encourage you to apply to the Igalia Coding Experience program. The deadline to apply is April 3. People from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply! www.igalia.com/coding-exper...
Igalia Coding Experience | Igalia - Open Source Consultancy 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 an...
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My company @igalia.com is hiring an Open Source Product Marketing Manager. www.igalia.com/jobs/product... Igalia is a worker-owned cooperative based in A Coruña, Spain. All positions are 100% remote. Igalia can potentially sponsor visas to emigrate to Spain.
Open Source Product Marketing Manager | Igalia - Open Source Consultancy and Development
We’re looking for someone to help spread the word about our Open Source projects to the whole world.
igalia.com
I've had bad ADHD days for this week so far, so I thought I might try to hack my brain into fucking working by playing Technology Connections-like youtube videos in the background, just muffled. Maybe playing louder music on top. Except I'm now making a muffler browser extension instead of working.
Congratulations to @bkardell.com on joining the W3C TAG! www.igalia.com/2026/02/10/I...
Igalia's Brian Kardell joins the W3C TAG | Igalia
Igalia is an open source consultancy specialised in the development of innovative projects and solutions. Our engineers have expertise in a wide range of technological areas, including browsers and cl...
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The EC is putting together an initiative to develop their strategy for open digital ecosystems. Given its potential to push forward the development and funding of open-source software in Europe and beyond, Igalia submitted a response with some suggestions. Read more: www.igalia.com/2026/02/03/I...
Igalia's Response to the European Commission on the Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy | Igalia
Igalia is an open source consultancy specialised in the development of innovative projects and solutions. Our engineers have expertise in a wide range of technological areas, including browsers and cl...
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Wrote a blog post about the work I've been doing at @igalia.com to implement the Temporal proposal in JavaScriptCore: blogs.igalia.com/compilers/20...
Implementing the Temporal proposal in JavaScriptCore
Implementing the Temporal proposal for date and time handling in JavaScript in JavaScriptCore, the JavaScript engine in WebKit
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On my way to @fosdem.org where tomorrow I’ll be talking about @servo.org in the "Browser and web platform" devroom. See you there! fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
Today in the CSS face-to-face meeting we're discussing line-clamp, which is something I've been working on fixing for years. The meeting is in Apple's offices in Cupertino, California, so I'm not attending in person because fuck traveling to the US. This is gonna be my camera feed though:
