Request For Commits   /     11: Funding the Web with Brendan Eich

Description

Brendan Eich, founder of Brave and creator of JavaScript, joined the show to talk about the history of the web, how it has been funded, and the backstory on the early browser wars and emerging monetization models. We also talked about why big problems are hard to solve for the Internet and the tradeoffs between centralization and distribution.SponsorsToptal –  Scale your team and hire the top 3% of developers and designers at Toptal. Email Adam at adam@changelog.com for a personal introduction to Toptal. Minio –  Minio is an Amazon S3 compatible object storage server built for cloud application developers and devops. It's also open source! GuestsBrendan Eich – Twitter, GitHub, WebsiteNotes and LinksCheck out exploit kits like Angler Exploit KitBrave

Summary

Brendan Eich, founder of Brave and creator of JavaScript, joined the show to talk about the history of the web, how it has been funded, and the backstory on the early browser wars and emerging monetization models. We also talked about why big problems are hard to solve for the Internet and the tradeoffs between centralization and distribution.

Subtitle
Funding the Web
Duration
1:14:24
Publishing date
2016-11-22 14:15
Link
https://changelog.com/rfc/11
Contributors
  Nadia Eghbal and Mikeal Rogers
author  
Enclosures
https://cdn.changelog.com/uploads/rfc/11/request-for-commits-11.mp3
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