The Importance of Threading in WebAssembly

Allen Wyma talks with Syrus Akbary, Founder and CEO at Wasmer, a WebAssembly runtime written in Rust.

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Timestamps

• [@0:00] - What is Wasmer?
• [@4:50] - How Syrus got into Wasmer
• [@7:55] - WebAssembly vs Docker and Kubernetes
• [@14:30] - WebAssembly GC proposal and updates
• [@18:06] - Advantage of using WASM over other techniques
• [@20:52] - Permission system with WebAssembly
• [@23:30] - Why choose Wasmer?
• [@25:04] - Wasmer installation process
• [@25:56] - What makes Rust the best language to use for creating Wasmer
• [@28:47] - Compiling and running your Rust codes to WebAssembly
• [@30:48] - Updates and features that are coming out on WebAssembly
• [@39:36] - Rust and WebAssembly
• [@46:00] - Making all applications able to compile to WebAssembly
• [@47:01] - Using GUI with Wasmer
• [@50:16] - Where to get more information about Wasmer

Credits

Intro Theme: Aerocity

Audio Editing: Plangora

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset

Show Notes: Plangora

Hosts: Allen Wyma