Eric Anderson (@ericmander) and Connor Hicks (@cohix) launch into detail on Suborbital, an open-source project that allows developers to create WebAssembly projects embedded in other applications. Connor conceived of Suborbital while frustrated with the cold start problem that can impact Function-as-a-Service platforms. Today, Suborbital collaborates with companies like Microsoft on a community called Wasm Builders, dedicated to sharing and developing innovations in WebAssembly applications.

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In this episode we discuss:

• The three tentpoles of WebAssembly that make it a useful foundation for Suborbital
• Surprising niche use cases for WebAssembly like IoT and data modeling
• Open-source tools in the Suborbital ecosystem
• Putting focus on building a larger Wasm Builders community
• Connor’s thoughts on how WebAssembly can improve edge computing

Links:

• Suborbital
• WebAssembly
• Suborbital Compute
• Atmo
• Reactr
• Subo 
• Sat
• Firecracker