Bez: Generating a browser engine from specs and tests
Bez is a new project that aims to generate web rendering engines automatically from specifications and tests rather than relying on manual development. By using AI models to write code that is then verified against existing browsers, the project seeks to lower the barrier to entry for creating new web engines.
Why it matters
Automating the creation of web engines could challenge the current dominance of a few major browser vendors and democratize web standards implementation.
Generate a web rendering engine from specs and tests.
Building a web engine by hand costs hundreds of engineers and many years, so only a few companies can have one, and only they decide how the web works. Bez generates the engine instead: from the specifications, with the three shipping browsers (checked against each other) and WPT as the tests. Once the pipeline exists, each extra engine costs very little.
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