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"If it's not a big deal now it's not a big deal now, and if it's a big deal in the future then it will be a big deal in the future" is not adding as much to the
by crubier 3y ago
"If it's not a big deal now it's not a big deal now, and if it's a big deal in the future then it will be a big deal in the future" is not adding as much to the conversation as you think it is.
The point of HN is in large part about thinking about the future and not just look about how things are just "right now". There is no point discussing the impact that things have right now, we can just measure it.
- MBCook 3y agoBut it’s not new. It’s been around for years. And I’m not really aware of any real uses on the web. Other people in these comments have mentioned using it as an extension mechanism to other applications. That’s nice. But what browsers use it internally? What popular JS/TS libraries? What big websites? It seems Figma does, but I had to Google to find that. It’s an interesting idea, but it feels a bit like VRML or something else so far. “It’s going to take off, just give it time.” Some things will. Some won’t. But WASM doesn’t seem to provide enough above JS to overcome the “we can just use JS” hurdle for the vast majority of uses so far.
- tbrownaw 3y agoI believe blazor (dotnet in the browser) is built on it.