if you're a web developer you need to know webassembly

this is one of many tools you should atleast be familar with. You wouldn't want to be asked about it in an interview and have no idea what wasm is

[@Grunttamer]

This sounds great but it’s probably going to be a Java style “write once, debug everywhere” situation

[@steveoc64]

Wasm is getting a lot of traction outside the browser, as a replacement for containers. Still has some major work needed, but it’s getting there. Similar to how Java was supposed to be for developing browser applets, but ended up as server side tech