1 year ago

For those who still are looking to discuss whether https://thenewstack.io/what-is-webassembly/ (https://thenewstack.io/vmware-and-other-wasm-players-want-webassembly/) will replace containers and even Kubernetes is missing the point. At least in the immediate future, many organizations will be loath to replace their container infrastructure and Kubernetes environments. Besides likely losing their investments in those by replacing them with WebAssembly, WebAssembly is not a replace-all technology for all containerized environments.

These adaptations are largely seen as necessary to pave the way for Wasm’s adoption and use with containers and Kubernetes.

While “most containers in the world running Kubernetes are running virtual machines,” there is much activity around engineering how to run WebAssembly on containers on Kubernetes, he said.