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by mikesir87 1333 days ago
There are a few things we're excited about, many of which we fully recognize are used in marketing/buzzword bingo. But, they really are around portability (compile to a Wasm module and run on any architecture), isolated sandboxing (leveraging much of the research and investment used to protect web browsers), and super fast startups (obviously depends on the app too).

There are a few limitations right now, some of which lack of built-in garbage collection and multi-threading. You also have to use a language that can completely compile to Wasm, making it hard (sometimes impossible) to leverage already built libraries/binaries.

But... the tech is growing rapidly and we're excited for it! Happy to dive in or answer more questions if you'd like!

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Yeah it's a super interesting topic, thanks for sharing!

A couple questions:

1. What use cases are you targeting, or which ones do you think have the most benefits from wasm?

2. What tools/stack are you currently using, or which ones do you think are the most promising?