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by 59nadir 2645 days ago
This was my exact thought when I read the article as well. We currently have projects that are linux-specific in their build step and so even when I use a language server I actually have to run docker for it. I've patched the language server to run inside of a docker container and it works, but it's super slow and required two days of work + random fixes here and there.

WASI would give me near-native performance for this one without any additional work, and also fix issues like how file watchers don't work correctly, provided the source language has a compile-to-WASM option.

It's a massive game changer that could solve this issue after the fact. Even a 2x performance cost from native would mean a massive boost in performance and management in comparison to running it through Docker Desktop.