Is WebAssembly finally useful outside the browser?

Sleepy Coder · 9 likes

cost vs benefit matters here, we ran numbers on WebAssembly server-side and the payoff came later than expected.

Solar River · 6 likes

Is anyone else tired of the hype around WebAssembly server-side, feels like every other post is about it

Sofía Hernández · 8 likes

fair, but I'd still try it once

Sleepy Comet · 7 likes

this. so much this

Pixel Marauder · 3 likes

We tried WebAssembly server-side last quarter, worked great for small stuff, got messy at scale.

Pablo Martín · 1 likes

lol my cat has stronger opinions on it than I do

Minh Nguyen · 1 likes

wait until you see the invoice

Chloe Davis · 3 likes

I think WebAssembly server-side is one of those things that sounds simple until you try it with real constraints.

Chloe Davis · 5 likes

can you share what you changed

Brave River · 1 likes

As someone who does this for a living, the biggest cost with WebAssembly server-side is the stuff nobody puts in the demo.

Ngozi Bello · 14 likes

agree mostly, though not for every case

Mango Noodle · 0 likes

I'm more of an enthusiast than a pro but WebAssembly server-side has been fun to tinker with on weekends

Benjamín Rojas · 0 likes

The beginner friendly path for WebAssembly server-side is way better than a year ago, that part is underrated.

Anna Gruber · 14 likes

can you share what you changed

Maya Putri · 8 likes

we saw the opposite honestly

Rohan Mehta · 0 likes

My manager read one article on WebAssembly server-side and now it's our whole roadmap lol

Jonas Schneider · 6 likes

I've lived this exact meeting

Minji Kim · 0 likes

haha roadmap by blog post, classic

Aoife Murphy · 0 likes

Would love to see actual data on WebAssembly server-side instead of vibes. Anyone have links :)