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Oct 29, 2018 at 00:45
Excellent overview of what WebAssembly enables today, and the features it will enable in future: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2018/10/webassemblys-post-mvp-future/ (High performance sandboxed execution! Better dev tools!)

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Jun 20, 2025 at 22:42
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I'm still experimenting with UIs for live (sandboxed) evaluation of tests. I've realised that you really want to highlight the failing assertion, not just the failing test. Feedback welcome :)
Mar 29, 2019 at 10:21
WASI is developing a portable, sandboxed system API so you can run WebAssembly outside of a browser: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2019/03/standardizing-wasi-a-webassembly-system-interface/ WebAssembly has a ton of people doing interesting things, but I do feel there's some overlap with what the JVM planned to do.
Standardizing WASI: A system interface to run WebAssembly outside the web – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog
Standardizing WASI: A system interface to run WebAssembly outside the web – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog
WebAssembly is an assembly language for a conceptual machine, not a physical one. This is why it can be run across a variety of different machine architectures. WebAssembly needs a ...
Mar 9, 2019 at 00:32
Snaps are self-contained (i.e. bundling dependencies), sandboxed applications that work across different linux distros: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/06/goodbye-apt-and-yum-ubuntus-snap-apps-are-coming-to-distros-everywhere/ This is the first I've heard about them. They seem to be more popular in the area of proprietary software on linux.
Adios apt and yum? Ubuntu’s snap apps are coming to distros everywhere
Adios apt and yum? Ubuntu’s snap apps are coming to distros everywhere
More secure replacement for debs coming to Fedora, Arch, Debian, and more.