JS on Wasm

KBall and Nick Nisi sit down with Nick Fitzgerald to learn about running JavaScript on WebAssembly. They talk about almost instantaneous startup, running interpreted languages at the edge, and take a deep dive into the weeds of how Wasm based modules will change the future of application development.

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Featuring

• Nick Fitzgerald – Twitter, Website
• Kevin Ball – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website
• Nick Nisi – Twitter, GitHub, Website

Notes and Links

• Oxidizing Source Maps with Rust and WebAssembly
• Making JavaScript Run Fast on WebAssembly
• Wizer
• Talk: Hit the Ground Running: Wasm Snapshots for Fast Startup
• Ableton
• Wasmtime

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!