Episode #93: WebAssembly and WASI with Aaron Turner
Show notes and transcript:
https://www.serverlesschats.com/93
On this episode, Jeremy chats with Aaron Turner about the use cases for WebAssembly, how WASI makes serverless compute at the edge even more portable and powerful, some popular WASM toolchains, and what the future of this technology looks like.
Thanks to our sponsors, New Relic (https://newrelic.com/) and Epsagon (https://epsagon.com/).
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
00:30 - About Aaron Turner
01:27 - What is WebAssembly
04:26 - The capabilities of WebAssembly
06:52 - WebAssembly use cases
10:05 - Compiling an entire application down to WebAssembly
12:20 - Using WebAssembly to compile down cryptographically to add security to your app
15:32 - WASI: The WebAssembly System Interface and its primary use cases
20:11 - Thanks to our sponsor, New Relic.
21:04 - WebAssembly and container management systems
22:58 - WebAssembly and its capabilities with standardized APIs
27:43 - Toolchains, languages, and WebAssembly
31:23 - The differences between TypeScript and AssemblyScript
33:31 - AssemblyScript: testing, compiling, etc.
38:15 - Available blog posts and other information about AssemblyScript
40:06 - Thanks to our sponsor, Epsagon.
41:08 - AssemblyScript success cases
43:48 - The future of WASM, WASI, and AssemblyScript
47:48 - WASM, WASI, and AssemblyScript performance
49:08 - Threads and WASM
50:30 - The future of module imports and WebAssembly
53:12 - The reasons to use WebAssembly
54:47 - Wrap up
56:26 - End credits