Source: thenewstack.io
How WebAssembly Could Streamline Cloud Native ComputingCategory: Microsoft, Kubernetes, Docker, github, artificial-intelligence
Docker founder Solomon Hykesfamously tweeted that WASM and WASI (the WebAssembly System Interface for safe access to system APIs), would have removed the need to create the container technology. But since WASM gives you a binary rather than entire environment, unless you move the entire environment into the WebAssembly module, it’s not a replacement for containers.
Solomon Hykes (@solomonstre) March 27, 2019Matt Butcher, head of the Microsoft team building container and WebAssembly technologies like Hel, Draft and Krustlet, told The New Stack that Kubernetes is a “hidden gem” for WebAssembly because it brings not just scheduling but other key services.
That is still a little bit slow and it has some rough edges, and we’re hoping that WebAssembly might be able to smooth over some of those as well.”
Not all of the promise of WebAssembly and Kubernetes is that distant though.
Solomon Hykes (@solomonstre) March 27, 2019Matt Butcher, head of the Microsoft team building container and WebAssembly technologies like Hel, Draft and Krustlet, told The New Stack that Kubernetes is a “hidden gem” for WebAssembly because it brings not just scheduling but other key services.
That is still a little bit slow and it has some rough edges, and we’re hoping that WebAssembly might be able to smooth over some of those as well.”
Not all of the promise of WebAssembly and Kubernetes is that distant though.
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