WebAssembly, the technology originally designed to allow applications to run at near-native speeds in the browser, has evolved into a versatile format capable of running lightweight workloads across multiple environments.
WebAssembly (Wasm) boasts extremely fast startup times of around half a millisecond, making it significantly quicker than the second-scale wait for containers to boot from cold. It's also portable,...
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