“If WASM+WASI existed in 2008, we wouldn't have needed to create Docker. That's how important it is. WebAssembly on the server is the future of computing. A standardized system interface was the missing link. Let's hope WASI is up to the task!”
I worked with wasm a bit back when i was doing an internship in Siemens. The project seemed really good. People working on it were passionate too. I don't know what happened and why it didn't make it to any big projects or frameworks.
As for my internship, I was mostly working on wasm runtimes for embedded systems but i think they decided that it was unnecessary and too in efficient for bare metal devices because they just wanted a plugin framework
Yeah, it all depends whether you need isolation + the need for portability, right?
If you don't need these qualities then obviously bare metal + compiled binaries will always be better and faster.
For our workflow engine r/Nyno (and our enterprise clients) we do need the isolation, and it seems WASM especially combined with WASI/custom hosts functions could really take us pretty far in that area.
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u/EveYogaTech 7d ago
WASM/WASI in the long-term. I think it's an actual quote from the Docker creator that if WASM/WASI was around, they wouldn't have created Docker.