WebAssembly Beyond the Browser: The Universal Runtime Quietly Eating Software
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WebAssembly Beyond the Browser: The Universal Runtime Quietly Eating Software You probably associate WebAssembly (Wasm) with the browser — running C++ games at near-native speed in Chrome, or powering Figma's rendering engine. But in 2026, the most exciting things happening with WebAssembly aren't happening in browsers at all. They're happening in cloud infrastructure, edge computing, IoT devices, and even blockchain smart contracts. WebAssembly is becoming the universal runtime. And