[justinclift]

> ... I really fail to see how integrating the WASM Component Model into the browser is a good thing.

One of the common (mis-)understandings about WASM when it was released, was people could write web applications "in any language" that could output WASM. (LLVM based things as an example)

That was clear over-selling of WASM, as in reality people still needed to additionally learn JS/TS to make things work.

So for the many backend devs who completely abhor JS/TS (there are many), trying out WASM and then finding it was bullshit has not been positive.

If WASM is made a first class browser citizen, and the requirement for JS/TS truly goes away, then I'd expect a lot of positive web application development to happen by those experienced devs who abhor JS/TS.

At being said, that viewpoint is from prior to AI becoming reasonably capable. That may change the balance of things somewhat (tbd).