One year of sponsored Servo development(servo.org)
354 points by AshleysBrain 27 days ago | 144 comments
tl;dr: Servo maintainer Josh Bowman-Matthews (@jdm) recaps his first year in a part-time role funded entirely by OpenCollective/GitHub donations, during which he reviewed 1,150 PRs, filed 114 newcomer-friendly issues (92% fixed), nominated 8 new maintainers, and wrote onboarding documentation. Notable work included supporting a large rewrite of Servo's JS engine integration to fix GC-related panics and stabilizing flaky tests to smooth the contribution process.
HN Discussion:
  • ↑Additional funding sources like NLnet also support Servo development
  • ~Servo needs a corporate patron to adopt it in shipping products
  • ↓Questioning cost efficiency and whether SF-level salaries are justified
  • ↓Criticism that Servo still relies on C++ SpiderMonkey, undermining Rust's safety goals
  • ↓Skepticism about Servo's practical usefulness or purpose today