WebAssembly (Wasm) was starting to create serious buzz, and for good reason. It promised near-native performance in the browser, and opened doors for using languages like C++, Rust, and Go on the web.
We tested a WASM module for image compression and saw 4x speed improvement over JavaScript. Toolchains like Emscripten helped port C/C++ libraries with minimal effort.
While JS isn’t going anywhere, Wasm introduced new possibilities — from game engines to running SQLite in-browser.