Jani Hautakangas
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Jani Hautakangas
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Hacker building embedded devices and web engines
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For most of my web engine hacker career I’ve worked on downstream Chromium features and never blogged about it.
Now on OpenHarmony, I finally wrote a post explaining how Chromium is integrated into the platform.

#chromium #openharmony #harmonyos

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Hacking Chromium on OpenHarmony
Chromium is the web engine on OpenHarmony, powering the platform’s web capabilities. It is integrated deeply throughout the system, from…
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November 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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If you're into web engines, browsers, or new platforms like OpenHarmony, this might be interesting for you.

Just published a new blog post: WebKit for OpenHarmony.

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#webkit #openharmony #harmonyos #huawei
WebKit for OpenHarmony
One of the best things about porting a web engine to a new platform is how much you end up learning about that platform. You have to…
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October 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Ladybird is a completely new browser, built from scratch instead of reusing existing browser code bases.

I wanted to see if it could run in an embedded web runtime. I managed to get Ladybird running on Raspberry Pi 5 - even rendering WebGL

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#ladybirdbrowser #raspberrypi
Ladybird Browser in an Embedded Web Runtime
In my previous blog post, I showed how to build and create an experimental web runtime using Isar, Debian Bookworm, and WPEWebKit. In that…
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August 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Build Embedded Debian Web Runtime with Isar

Yocto is the go-to for embedded builds — but what if you could have BitBake flexibility plus Debian stability?

I tried it with Isar, Debian Bookworm & WPEWebKit on Raspberry Pi 5 + Intel NUC: medium.com/kodegood/bui...

#embeddedlinux #debian #webkit
Build Embedded Debian Web Runtime with the Power of Isar
When most people think about building something for embedded devices, Yocto is the first tool that comes to mind.
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August 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM