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Unpacking browsers and web standards with the people who create them.

12/17/2025

Building an Indie Browser

In this episode Kilian Valkhof talks to me about the ins and outs of building an indie browser for web developers. We delve into how he got into this unique way of browser engineering, picking the right tools, and the business of it all. All links for this episode can be found in the show notes https://lolaslab.co/what-the-spec/s01/ep05

58 min
10/09/2025

Digital Identity on the Web

In this episode Heather Flanagan educates me on verifiable credentials and Verifiable Credentials (trust me, there’s a difference), digital identity on the web and the kinds of socio-political issues that come up in implementing these kinds of technologies. All links for this episode can be found in the show notes https://lolaslab.co/what-the-spec/s01/ep04

49 min
06/16/2025

CSS, Cascade Layers & Power

Miriam Suzanne aka Mia joins Lola to discuss the history of CSS, how Cascade Layers helps developers with specificity and how we should think differently about !important. All links for this episode can be found in the show notes https://lolaslab.co/what-the-spec/s01/ep03

59 min
05/20/2025

Demystifying Popover Accessibility

Hidde De Vries talks to Lola about Popover accessibility, delving into the accessibility freebies the web feature takes care of as well as what accessibility considerations web developers need to take into account. All links for this episode can be found in the show notes https://lolaslab.co/what-the-spec/s01/ep02

35 min
04/14/2025

How Keith Got Very Into Browsers

Keith Cirkel shares his journey to contributing to web broswers as a web developer. If you're curious about the learning curve, the standards process or simply, how to contribute to a browser without past experience, this episode is for you. All links for this episode can be found in the show notes https://lolaslab.co/what-the-spec/s01/ep01

1h 6m

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