These days it's easier to create an OS from scratch than a web browser. This is an excellent observation, and gives me an excuse to recommend Alan Kay's semina

These days it's easier to create an OS from scratch than a web browser. This is an excellent observation, and gives me an excuse to recommend Alan Kay's seminal OOPSLA 1997 keynote "The computer revolution hasnt happened yet" -- the link to the whole thing is below, but I've set the time at the start of what I think is the immediately relevant point (he takes a minute or so to explain) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKg1hTOQXoY&t=1330s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKg1hTOQXoY&t=1330s