2026-07-09 –, Hackers Lab
Operating systems are locked down and closed or don't have understanding of the web where most apps are running. Browsers are hard to change and locked into the fixed concepts of the 90s. What would happen if we create a layer in between that you control and only answers to you?
This workshop can move into a discussion or hands on format depending on what resonates. At the centre is the question "What would we do, if we own a new malleable layer at the intersection of OS, browser and extensions?"
Jan is an offline first veteran with more than 10 years distributed systems experience building on git, sapling, (c/p)ouchdb and ipfs. He got the once in a lifetime opportunity to work on xenon/darc full time, a fully open source new browser architecture that happens to be perfect for maximising user agency as well as using and developing and local first applications.
working on web and browser like things