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I haven't heard of startups with webassembly based products that have received millions, do you have some examples si I can look into it please? Regarding use
by alex_duf 3y ago
I haven't heard of startups with webassembly based products that have received millions, do you have some examples si I can look into it please?
Regarding use cases, I think there are plenty, mainly in places where you need to protect yourself against th code you're running, so pretty similar to docker, but lighter and faster boot time. Admittedly, also less feature complete and a different target: less business-y code and more system-y code.
So anything like cloud functions, database functions as described in this article, indeed web browser based games. I think Fastly is providing cloud functions at the edge that are wasm based.
With these uses cases, theoretically, an ecosystem might develop making more use cases transferable from docker to wasm, particularly use cases of isolated pieces of logic that need to be executed unitarity.
- dvt 3y agoJust Google "wasm startup raises millions," like half a dozen pop up on the first page (including OP's company). > mainly in places where you need to protect yourself against the code you're running You can do this with LUA or like a million other languages (heck, even vanilla JS). The idea that WASM is the only sandboxed thing in the universe is just weird.
- nilslice 3y ago> The idea that WASM is the only sandboxed thing in the universe is just weird. I don't know anyone who has ever said that.