Wasm-optimized Linux: what, how, and, most importantly, why?
Channel: Cloud Native Rejekts
Date: 2023-12-11

Web assembly, or Wasm, is shaping up to have a huge impact on the future of cloud computing. As Solomon Hykes, co-founder of Docker, said "If WASM+WASI existed in 2008, we wouldn't have needed to create Docker. That's how important it is."
In this talk, we take a look at some of the parallels between the evolution of the container ecosystem and that of Wasm, focusing in particular on the foundational technology of the operating system. CoreOS established the concept of a container Linux - what is the equivalent for the Wasm world? 




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Speaker: Andrew Randall & Ralph Squillace



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Cloud Native Rejekts NA 2023
Chicago
November 4-5, 2023

Website: https://cloud-native.rejekts.io/