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• Simulating Systems in the Browser — What WASM Makes Possible and What Still Blocks It

  ccsim, posted to Hacker News in late July 2026, builds two full copies of gVisor's userspace TCP stack into WebAssembly and runs them in a browser worker. v86 JIT-compiles an x86 CPU to WASM to boot Windows 98, and WebVM

  2026-07-31 · 15 min read #webassembly#wasm#simulation#browser#systems

• Native Async in WASI 0.3 — Why wasi:io Disappeared, and What's Still Not Done ♪ Listenable

  On June 11, 2026, the WASI Subgroup ratified WASI 0.3.0. The core change is that async moved down into the Component Model's canonical ABI, and as a result the wasi:io package disappeared entirely. This matters not for p

  2026-07-16 · 19 min read #webassembly#wasm#wasi#component-model#systems

• Assembling and running an engine in a browser tab — a look at Combustion Lab

  Combustion Lab (combustionlab.net) lets you assemble an internal combustion engine and run it crank-angle by crank-angle, right in a browser tab, no install required. It shows the intake, compression, combustion, and exh

  2026-07-11 · 6 min read #simulation#thermodynamics#webassembly#physics#engine

• Real Engines in Your Browser: A Tour of WebAssembly Dev Tools

  Real Python via Pyodide, real PostgreSQL via PGlite, real video processing via ffmpeg.wasm. A practical tour of the WebAssembly-powered, backend-free browser tools newly added to this site — why WASM delivers near-native

  2026-07-03 · 8 min read #webassembly#wasm#developer-tools#browser#tooling

• WebAssembly Beyond the Browser

  WebAssembly was born in the browser, but its real ambition is outside it. WASI, a POSIX-ish system interface; edge and serverless (Fastly, Cloudflare Workers); plugin systems in Envoy, Figma, and databases; and the compo

  2026-06-09 · 12 min read #webassembly#wasm#systems

• WebAssembly Server-Side and WASI 2026 Deep Dive — Spin, Wasmtime, Wasmer, WasmEdge, wasmCloud, Extism, JCO, and the Component Model ♪ Listenable

  In 2026, WebAssembly is no longer a browser technology. With WASI Preview 2 and the Component Model finalized, Spin, Wasmtime, Wasmer, WasmEdge, wasmCloud, Lunatic, and Extism have expanded WASM into servers, edges, and

  2026-05-25 · 23 min read #webassembly#wasi#component-model#spin#wasmtime

• WebAssembly (Wasm) Ecosystem 2026 Complete Guide - Wasmtime, WasmEdge, Wasmer, WASI 0.2, Component Model, Spin (Fermyon), Cosmonic wasmCloud, Bytecode Alliance, Wasmer Edge, WAVM Deep Dive ♪ Listenable

  A consolidated map of the WebAssembly ecosystem as of May 2026. Covers WASI 0.2 GA (Jan 2024) and Component Model Preview 2, runtimes (Wasmtime, WasmEdge, Wasmer, WAMR, wazero, WAVM), serverless PaaS (Fermyon Spin, Cosmo

  2026-05-16 · 22 min read #webassembly#wasmtime#wasmedge#wasmer#wasi

• Rust Ecosystem 2026 Deep-Dive — Rust 1.85+, tokio, axum, actix-web, sqlx, Bevy, Tauri, Leptos, Dioxus, Embassy, Cargo ♪ Listenable

  A full tour of the Rust ecosystem as of May 2026. Rust 1.85 (2024 edition), tokio runtime internals, axum/actix-web 5/poem/leptos/dioxus, sqlx/sea-orm/diesel 2, Bevy 0.15, Tauri 2 (desktop + mobile), Embassy (nostd async

  2026-05-16 · 21 min read #rust#tokio#axum#actix-web#sqlx

• Container Runtimes 2026 Deep Dive - containerd, runc, Podman, CRI-O, Kata, gVisor, Firecracker, Wasm

  A full-stack tour of production container runtimes as of May 2026. We cover containerd (de facto Kubernetes CRI), low-level OCI runtimes runc, crun, and youki, the alternative CRI CRI-O, the rootless/daemonless trio Podm

  2026-05-16 · 16 min read #container-runtime#containerd#runc#podman#cri-o

• WASM Ecosystem 2026 — Wasmtime, Wasmer, WasmEdge, Spin, Component Model, Extism Deep Dive (The Universal Execution Layer Beyond the Browser) ♪ Listenable

  WebAssembly grew up from browser accelerator to universal execution layer in 2026. Bytecode Alliance's Wasmtime crossed 30+ major versions, Wasmer wove a package ecosystem around wasmer.io, WasmEdge solidified at the edg

  2026-05-15 · 22 min read #webassembly#wasmtime#wasmer#wasmedge#spin

• The Return of Rust and Systems Programming — Ownership, Borrowing, Lifetime, Trait, Async, Tokio, Cargo, WebAssembly (2025)

  Why is Rust the "most loved language" for 9 years running? From Graydon Hoare personal project to the Linux kernel, the Ownership and Borrowing revolution, Lifetime magic, Trait system, zero-cost abstractions, Tokio asyn

  2026-04-15 · 14 min read #rust#systems-programming#memory-safety#tokio#webassembly

• The Web Platform in 2025 — Complete Guide: Container Queries, :has(), CSS Nesting, Subgrid, Popover API, Anchor Positioning, WebGPU, WASI, Speculation Rules, and Baseline 2024-2025 — Season 6 Ep 5

  When the platform grows, the framework gets lighter. A full survey of the core capabilities that landed in the web platform in 2024-2025. Container Queries and @container, the :has() parent selector, native CSS Nesting,

  2026-04-15 · 12 min read #web-platform#container-queries#has-selector#css-nesting#css-subgrid

• WebAssembly and WASI Deep Dive — Bytecode, Sandbox, Component Model, Wasmtime, Edge Runtimes

  How a romantic idea of running C++ in the browser reshaped the backend. From asm.js origins to Wasm bytecode, capability-based sandboxing, WASI, the Component Model, Wasmtime/Wasmer/WasmEdge, and Cloudflare edge strategy

  2026-04-15 · 12 min read #webassembly#wasi#cloudflare-workers#wasmtime#systems

• WebAssembly Complete Guide 2025: Beyond the Browser — WASI, Component Model, Server-Side Wasm ♪ Listenable

  Everything about WebAssembly! Wasm fundamentals (binary format/linear memory/tables), WASI (system interface), Component Model (module composition), server-side Wasm (Fermyon Spin/wasmCloud), Docker+Wasm, Edge Wasm (Clou

  2026-04-14 · 22 min read #webassembly#wasi#component-model#server-side#edge-computing

• 2025 Tech Trends Roundup: Hottest Technologies and Developer Insights from Hacker News

  The hottest IT trends of 2025! AI Agent/MCP revolution, Rust rise, WebAssembly 2.0, Edge Computing, Local-first software, open source licensing debates, developer tools innovation, startup trends, Big Tech strategy — ana

  2026-03-25 · 22 min read #tech-trends#hacker-news#ai#rust#webassembly

• WebAssembly 2025: Beyond the Browser — How Wasm Is Reshaping Server-Side, Edge, and AI Computing ♪ Listenable

  WASI 0.3 native async, Akamai acquires Fermyon, microsecond cold starts — WebAssembly reached production-ready status for server-side in 2025. Complete developer guide from Wasm fundamentals to edge deployment, AI infere

  2026-03-22 · 22 min read #webassembly#wasi#edge-computing#serverless#rust

• Rust in 2025: 45.5% Adoption, TIOBE #13, Linux Kernel — Should Your Team Learn Rust?

  Rust organizational adoption hits 45.5% (+17.6% YoY), commercial use grew 68.75%, TIOBE all-time high at 13. Rust is becoming essential in Linux kernel, Android, and cloud infrastructure. Covering learning curve, real-wo

  2026-03-22 · 20 min read #rust#programming#systems#linux-kernel#webassembly

• WebAssembly & Edge Computing: Browser AI Inference, Cloudflare Workers, and IoT Wasm

  A complete guide to next-generation edge computing: WebAssembly internals, compiling Rust to Wasm, WebGPU-powered browser AI inference, Cloudflare Workers edge deployment, and IoT with WasmEdge.

  2026-03-17 · 13 min read #webassembly#edgecomputing#cloudflareworkers#webgpu#wasi

• WebAssembly 2026: From Browser to Serverless and Edge Computing

  WebAssembly is no longer just a browser technology. With WASI standardization, serverless function execution, and adoption in edge runtimes, WASM has become the cornerstone of modern cloud-native architecture.

  2026-03-16 · 8 min read #webassembly#edge-computing#serverless#wasi#2026-03

• WebAssembly Component Model: The Journey to Making Wasm a First-Class Web Citizen

  Analyzes how the WebAssembly Component Model proposed by Mozilla makes Wasm a first-class citizen of the web platform, covering practical implications and migration strategies.

  2026-03-14 · 16 min read #webassembly#component-model#mozilla#web-platform#devops