Igalia Chats
Guests get together and discuss all sorts of things important to Igalians. Igalia’s Brian Kardell and Eric Meyer chat about the Web, open standards, open source, healthy software ecosystems, the latest in browser features, and more.
Igalia
Show overview
Igalia Chats has been publishing since 2019, and across the 7 years since has built a catalogue of 105 episodes. That works out to roughly 85 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a monthly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 44 min and 56 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Technology show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 days ago, with 17 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 25 episodes published. Published by Igalia.
From the publisher
Igalia’s Brian Kardell and Eric Meyer chat about the Web, open standards, open source, healthy software ecosystems, the latest in browser features, and more.
Latest Episodes
View all 105 episodesWebhooks: How a simple idea became a backbone of modern integrations
All About Origin Trials
State of CSS 2026: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Inaccessible Math: Threat Level Midnight
The Adventure of Servo DevTools
Episode 100: Web Standards at the Web Engines Hackfest
Is This the Web?
Three Standards Bodies Walk In to a Bar
History of the Web: Microsofties (at BlinkOn 21)
npmx : The People‑Powered Package Index
Servo & the BCD features Pokédex
Brian and Eric talk with Dietrich Ayala about the ever‑expanding Pokédex we call the Web Platform — 15,000 BCD keys, 1,100 Web Features, and a growth rate that makes “catching up” feel like chasing a legendary. Mentioned Links Servo Baseline Readiness Web-Features Baseline metafluff.com
The Clock Thickens: Temporal Advances to Stage 4
Brian and Eric chat with Igalia's Philip Chimento, Nicolò Ribaudo and Bloomberg's Jason Williams about JavaScript’s new Temporal API. Mentioned Links MDN Documentation 2021 Temporal Episode
Real World CSS: Always Interesting, Occasionally Hilarious
A chat with Bart Veneman of Project Wallace about the study of CSS on the Web Mentioned Links Project Wallace The CSS Selection - 2026 Edition
Interop 2026
Igalia's Brian Kardell and Eric Meyer chat about the launch of Interop 2026 Mentioned Links Interop 2026 Dashboard Interop 2025 Dashboard Dave Rupert's Website (View Transition example)
Creative Web Design
Igalia's Eric Meyer and Ujjwal Sharma chat with designer, CSS developer, and illustrator Lynn Fisher Mentioned Links lynnandtonic.com Nestflix Dress David Rose Airport Codes Open Source, Open Hearts US Flags [dot] Design Holywood Age Gap
What we're looking forward to...
Igalia's Brian Kardell and Eric Meyer chat about what they're interested in and looking forward to in 2026 and beyond Mentioned Links Igalia Chats Steam Episode Igalia Chats Headings Episode
Signals in the Streams
Eric and Brian talk with their colleague Thibault Saunier about Igalia's multimedia work with GStreamer Mentioned Links GStreamer Gravitational waves discovery
Open Source FEX Appeal: Inside Igalia's work on Steam devices
Brian Kardell and Eric Meyer chat with colleague Dhruv Mark Collins to discuss Igalia's work with Valve on the Steam devices! Mentioned Links Helping Valve to Power Up Steam Devices Steam Powered Open Source (Igalia Chats May 2023)
Web Backstories: Shadow DOM
Eric Meyer and Brian Kardell chat with Jay Hoffmann and Jeremy Keith about Shadow DOM's backstory and long origins Mentioned Links Component Model Use Cases Shadow tree encapsulation theory The History of the Web XBL2: First Thoughts and Use Cases 'Web Components' email
Accessibility and the Free Labor Funnel
Brian and Eric chat with their colleagues Alice Boxhall and Valerie Young about the challenges facing standards and accessibility. Mentioned Links A threat model for accessibility on the web Accessibility is a Hydra