WebAssembly in the Backend? Early Experiments
WebAssembly in the Backend? Early Experiments

WebAssembly in the Backend? Early Experiments

Author
Shiv Bade
Tags
webassembly
wasm
Published
July 22, 2019
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WebAssembly isn’t just for browsers. We ran some internal experiments with Wasm on the backend.
Use cases explored: - Plugin systems for untrusted user logic - Language-agnostic sandboxing - Execution isolation in edge compute setups
We tried out: - Wasmer for server-side execution - Lucet for ahead-of-time compiled modules
Still early, but promising for multi-tenant scenarios and reducing cold starts.