Lightning Talk: Where the Server Goes, Nobody Knows! - Brooks Townsend, Cosmonic
Channel: CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation]
Date: 2023-04-20

Lightning Talk: Where the Server Goes, Nobody Knows! - Brooks Townsend, Cosmonic

On the edge, on the cloud, In a tab, all around! Have you heard? Gather round! In 2017, Wasm entered the scene, All the C in the sea was obscene! The browser needed native code, And Javascript didn't fit the tone. Safe, secure, small, portable, polyglot, Fits right into the server-side slot. Sounds super for server pains, hot! This could solve what other tech could not! Applications down from GBs to MBs! Microservices down from MBs to KBs! What will we do with all those bytes? No longer will tiny devices run with fright! Millions of Wasms all over the cloud, Millions of Wasms all over the edge, Wasms wherever a Wasm's allowed, Securely and soundly, that's what we allege. Wait, if a server is a server, And a Wasm glows anywhere it goes, Then maybe a server could go a little bit further, But where the server goes, nobody knows! Prepare yourself for a light-hearted introduction to WebAssembly in the style of Dr. Seuss.