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Show HN: Vaev – A browser engine built from scratch (It renders google.com)

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233 points monax | 2 comments | 18 May 25 17:54 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

We’ve been working on Vaev, a minimal web browser engine built from scratch. It supports HTML/XHTML, the CSS cascade, @page rules for pagination, and print-to-PDF rendering. It even handles calc(), var(), and percentage units—and yes, it renders Google.com (mostly).

This is an experimental project focused on learning and exploration. Networking is basic (http:// and file:// only), and grid layouts aren’t supported yet, but we’re making progress fast.

We’d love your thoughts and feedback.

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mdaniel[dead post] ◴[18 May 25 19:51 UTC] No.44023892[source]▶
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n2d4 ◴[18 May 25 20:36 UTC] No.44024147[source]▶
The fact that other browsers are huge engineering efforts only makes it more interesting to many. It's arguably one of the hardest things a programmer could build, how could you not wanna build one!
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hawk_ ◴[18 May 25 20:54 UTC] No.44024248[source]▶
Yes but why do it in C++? There is no compiler enforced safe mode and you're by definition implementing an engine to run hostile code in it.
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userbinator ◴[18 May 25 21:34 UTC] No.44024465[source]▶
I personally have had enough of the "security" bullshit after seeing what it's done to "secure" control over the population and put that in the hands of the enemy.
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saagarjha ◴[19 May 25 06:44 UTC] No.44027057[source]▶
I thought you were happy that your man was finally fixing things this year.
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1. userbinator ◴[19 May 25 10:16 UTC] No.44028177[source]▶
You of all people should know better than to bring that crap here, but guess how the Rust crowd leans politically.
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2. saagarjha ◴[20 May 25 08:24 UTC] No.44039135[source]▶
I think if you're going to bring up how security has a political angle to it (repeatedly!) you should not be surprised if people remember the arguments you recycle for the topic