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WebAssembly: Yes, but for What?

June 30, 2025 Volume 23, issue 3 PDF WebAssembly: Yes, but for What? The keys to a successful Wasm deployment Andy Wingo WebAssembly (Wasm) turns 10 this year, which, in software terms, just about brings it to the age of majority. It has been polished, prepared, explored, and deployed, but in the language of American speculative fiction author William Gibson, we are now as ever in the unevenly distributed future: WebAssembly has found a niche but not yet filled its habitable space. This ar

WebAssembly Troubles part 4: Microwasm (2019)

WebAssembly Troubles part 4: Microwasm Preamble This is the final part of a 4-part miniseries on issues with WebAssembly and proposals to fix them. Part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here. This article assumes some familiarity with virtual machines, compilers and WebAssembly, but I’ll try to link to relevant information where necessary so even if you’re not you can follow along. Also, this series is going to come off as if I dislike WebAssembly. I love WebAssembly! I wrote a whole article about h