zlacker

[parent] [thread] 2 comments
1. mk599+(OP)[view] [source] 2026-01-14 22:59:54
Define "from scratch" in "building a web browser from scratch". This thing has over 100 crates as dependencies... To implement css layouting, it uses Taffy, a crate used by existing browser implementations...
replies(2): >>rvz+De >>qingch+cO
◧
2. rvz+De[view] [source] 2026-01-15 00:23:23
>>mk599+(OP)
When I see hundreds of crates being used in a project, I have to just scratch my head and ask: What the f___?

If one vulnerability exists in those crates well, thats that.

◧
3. qingch+cO[view] [source] 2026-01-15 05:09:55
>>mk599+(OP)
And it's not necessarily a bad move to use all those dependencies, but you're right it makes the claim shady.

I can create a web browser in under a minute in Copilot if I ask it to build a WinForms project that embeds the WebView2 "Edge" component and just adds an address bar and a back button.

[go to top]