722: Next Level Web APIs. Bluetooth, File Access, Thomas Steiner - Project Fugu

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Thomas Steiner talks with us about Project Fugu, an effort from Google to enable new classes of applications to run on the web. What is Project Fugu? What are some of Thomas’ favorite APIs to use? What is an IWA vs a PWA? And more!

Show Notes

• 00:32 Welcome

• 01:52 Who is Thomas Steiner?

• 02:57 What is the overall goal of Project Fugu?

• 08:17 When might we see these APIs come to all browsers?

• 14:10 Do you have examples of companies pushing for an API?

• 18:53 What happens with the face detection API?

• 28:33 What is an IWA?

• 35:17 What is the web transport API for?

• 37:11 What is MIDI?

• 41:20 Nintendo Joycon hack

• 45:28 File handlers in a PWA

• 50:38 File System Observer API coming soon

• 56:26 Sick Picks

• Onnx

• HuggingFace

• Chrome for Developers

• Fugu API Tracker

• Google I/O 2023

• LEGO Education SPIKE

• Igalia

• CapCut

• Descript

• Better Touch Tool

Sick Picks

• Laser printers

Shameless Plugs

• HowFuguIsMyBrowser

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