Scott and Wes talk with Andrea Giammarchi (aka WebReflection) about his projects, including LinkDOM and PyScript, and the exciting future of running Python in the browser via WebAssembly.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
01:04 Andrea’s background and early work
- LinkDOM
07:25 Brought to you by Sentry.io
09:56 Pyscript
14:31 Why run Python in the browser?
20:17 Using WebAssembly to run different languages in JS
23:33 The advantages of WebAssembly
25:55 What excites Andrea about WASM
- Proposal: ESX as core JS feature
31:10 What is WASI?
32:21 Andrea’s experience with IOT and microcontrollers
35:35 How can the JS ecosystem be improved?
38:07 Should we have reactivity in the browser?
- Signals
41:06 Andrea’s thoughts on server-side APIs
43:43 Andrea’s thoughts on TypeScript
49:13 Sick Picks & Shameless Plugs

Sick Picks

Andrea: ESP32

Shameless Plugs

Andrea: Andrea’s X / Twitter

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