#160 – Brendan Eich: JavaScript, Firefox, Mozilla, and Brave

Brendan Eich is the creator of JavaScript and co-founder of Mozilla and Brave. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – The Jordan Harbinger Show : https://jordanharbinger.com/lex/ – Sun Basket : https://sunbasket.com/lex and use code LEX to get $35 off – BetterHelp : https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off – Eight Sleep : https://www.eightsleep.com/lex and use code LEX to get special savings EPISODE LINKS: Brendan’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrendanEich Brendan’s Website: https://brendaneich.com Brave browser: https://brave.com PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: – Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast – Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman – Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LexFridmanPage – Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) – Introduction (06:54) – History of early programming languages (11:47) – Physics needs more experiments and less theory (16:24) – JavaScript origin story (41:17) – JavaScript was created in 10 days (50:57) – Marc Andreessen (54:14) – Internet Explorer (57:58) – Evolution of JavaScript (1:03:44) – JavaScript standardization (1:09:33) – TypeScript (1:12:05) – JavaScript ecosystem (1:15:15) – HTML5 (1:18:47) – Making JavaScript fast (1:27:57) – JavaScript is the most popular language in the world (1:38:23) – Advice for programmers (1:44:20) – Browser wars (1:50:50) – Firefox (2:12:33) – Brave (2:25:33) – Basic Attention Token (2:50:36) – California (2:59:48) – Mortality (3:00:54) – Legacy