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 99 episodes. That works out to roughly 80 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 weeks ago, with 11 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 99 episodesIs 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
The Charm of JavaScript: Boom Mics and Clown Shoes
Mat 'Wilto' Marquis joins Igalia Chats to get weird and talk about JavaScript, boxing, charity and platform permanence. Mentioned Links JavaScript for Everyone course Mat's Website Mat on Mastodon Mat on Bluesky XKCD Workflow XKCD The Meetup
The State of The State of Surveys
Igalia's Brian Kardell and Eric Meyer chat with Sacha Greif about the various popular 'State of' surveys he organizes Mentioned Links State of CSS 2025 Results State of JS 2025 State of HTML 2025 Devographics (& more surveys)
Wishes, Signals, and the Shape of Standards
Igalia's Brian Kardell and Eric Meyer chat with the W3C's Dominique Hazaël-Massieux about ways that we try to involve developers and developer input into standards Mentioned Links Eric's post about XSLT drama Recent episode on XSLT drama Interop 2025 Dashboard Interop Project / Call for Proposals W3C Developers Web Platform DX Features Project
Wingo on Wasm
Igalia's Brian Kardell and Eric Meyer chat with their colleague Andy Wingo about Web Assembly Mentioned Links WebAssembly: Yes, but for What? Wasm-Core Standard When Is WebAssembly Going to Get DOM Support?
RIP XSLT?
Igalia's Brian Kardell and Eric Meyer chat with Liam Quin about a recent issue in WHATWG regarding the removal of XSLT Mentioned Links house.gov Blink Principles of Web Compatibility Microsoft Patent Issue NIST XSL Tool XSLT in Rust SaxonJS
TC39 Episode 109: The Proposal Awakens
Brian and Eric talk to their TC39 representative colleagues Nic and Ujjwal about TC39 in general, and the most recent meeting. Mentioned Links Agenda with proposal links Mozilla amount element explainer