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Drona promised Arjuna that he would make him the greatest archer. Ekalavya was not part of that promise, but somehow, he ended up paying the price for it. Ekalavya can represent devotion. But he can also represent talent crushed by hierarchy and gatekeeping. This is me looking at the other side of a story often remembered for devotion, and wondering whether Drona ever had the moral right to ask for that sacrifice.

What came first: browsers or specifications? Why are specifications important? Why do we sometimes change a specification instead of browsers? What matters most: the specification or the user experience? What happens when the specification says one thing, but Chrome, Firefox, and Safari all agree on something else? A story about browsers, web standards, compatibility, and the feedback loop that keeps the Web working.