WASM Unleashed

Join F5’s Distinguished Engineer, Joel Moses, Principal Software Engineer, Oscar Spencer, and Architect, Matthew Yacobucci for the inaugural episode of WebAssembly Unleashed—a podcast for architects, practitioners, technologists, and general Wasm enthusiasts. In this episode our three hosts delve into the recently released State of Web Assembly survey results. Find out what’s notable in the community, get perspective on what proposals, changes, and updates mean to the Wasm standard, and so much more.

1:02 – Preview for future episodes
1:56 – Get to know the hosts
4:50 – Adoption of languages – Rust, Swift, etc
6:14 – Language support
11:36 – Application plugins and use cases
14:37 – Wasi
18:31 – WebAssembly adoption
19:43 – Debugging support
22:57 – Community Building
26:23 – Community Events

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The State of WebAssembly - Ep1 - WebAssembly Unleashed

In this episode our three hosts are joined by Daniel (Danny) Macovei, co-founder at JAF Labs to discuss registry and package distribution in both a federated and non-opinionated way while ensuring safety and security. Find out what’s unique about Wasm for packet management, learn the difference between locked and bundled components, hear what measures are being taken for Warg security, and tune into some breaking news, plus so much more!

 

Chapters:

1:20 – Exciting news (won’t spoil it here)
3:10 – Thomas Lively and threat proposals
4:30 – Warg project
5:10 – Package management challenges
8:58 – Difference between locked and bundled
13:45 – Vision for composing components
17:20 – Warg security measures
22:00 – Software Bill of Materials (SBOM)
23:55 – Federated and non-opinionated
27:03 – How to get started/involved
30:00 – Open Source

Filling a Registry-Shaped Hole in the Wasm Component Ecosystem by Daniel Macovei / Oscar Spencer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_-10mRN30s

For more from F5's Office of the CTO visit the following sites: 
Blogs - https://www.f5.com/company/octo
Reports - https://www.f5.com/services/resources/reports

Meet Your Hosts:

Joel Moses | https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelmoses/ | https://community.f5.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/398372
Oscar Spencer | https://twitter.com/oscar_spen | https://www.linkedin.com/in/oscarspen/
Matthew Yacobucci | https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-yacobucci-323b4b2/

WebAssembly Registry (Warg) - Ep2 - WebAssembly Unleashed

In this episode our hosts are joined by Bailey Hayes, CTO of Cosmonic, and Pat Hickey, Principal Engineer at Fastly, to discuss WASI—WebAssembly System (or Standard depending on who you ask) Interface. Listen in to learn more about why WASI is important, what all the “previews” are, whether or not the component model is done, plus so much more!

Chapters:
1:25 – AI and WASM in Edge locations
4:03 – Is it WebAssembly System of Standard Interface?
6:10 – What is WASI and why is it important?
8:41 – What is preview 0, 1, 2, etc.?
10:54 – Is the component model done?
11:35 – Preview 2 vote
13:33 – WASI proposals
17:06 – Features of preview 2
23:21 – Server and client side webassembly
27:06 – J-co project
27:54 – How to get involved
28:33 – Bytecode Alliance guest languages

For more from F5's Office of the CTO visit the following sites: 
Blogs - https://www.f5.com/company/octo
Reports - https://www.f5.com/services/resources/reports

Meet Your Hosts:

Joel Moses | LinkedIn | @Joel_Moses 
Oscar Spencer | X | LinkedIn
Matthew Yacobucci | LinkedIn

WebAssembly System or Standard Interface – Ep 3 – WebAssembly Unleashed

In this special episode two of our hosts were able to sit down with F5 NGINX’s Dave McAllister to dive into how Open Source and Standards apply to WebAssembly. Listen in to learn about the benefits of open source on Wasm, why building to the common denominator is important, what WebAssembly is doing right when it comes to driving open standards, what Wasm needs to watch out for, Dave’s thoughts on the speed of standard progression, and so much more!

Chapters:
1:29 – WASI Preview 2
3:26 – ISO3200
5:05 – Standard processes
7:41 – What is Wasm doing right and wrong with driving open standards?
11:10 – How is open source helping Wasm?
12:05 – Open Source: then and now
13:00 – ISO meetings
14:15 – What should Wasm watch out for?
20:10 – The rule of many
16:43 – Speed of Standard progression
22:41 – How individuals are represented inside a Wasm marketplace
24:00 – Intersection of multiple standards and the risks to Wasm

For more from F5's Office of the CTO visit the following sites: 
Blogs - https://www.f5.com/company/octo
Reports - https://www.f5.com/services/resources/reports

Meet Your Hosts:
Joel Moses | https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelmoses/ | https://community.f5.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/398372
Oscar Spencer | https://twitter.com/oscar_spen | https://www.linkedin.com/in/oscarspen/
Matthew Yacobucci | https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-yacobucci-323b4b2/

Open Source and Standards - Ep4 - WebAssembly Unleashed

In this special episode two of our hosts were able to sit down with F5’s Gilad Bracha to discuss what WebAssembly can learn based on Bracha’s experience with JAVA. Listen in to find out whether or not Wasm can deliver on “write once, run anywhere”, what shadows may be on the horizon, what JAVA did right that Wasm can learn from, and so much more!  

Chapters:
2:20 – Early days of JAVA Specification
4:46 – Class loaders and JAVA verifier
5:20 – Compiler Engines
7:12 – Promise of “Write once, run anywhere”
9:55 – JAVA’s great opportunity
11:44 – Battle for runtime
13:55 – Wasm 1.0 and Wasm approach
14:55 – JAVA approach
16:38 – Multiple runtimes
18:25 – Shadows on the horizon
20:17 – Complaints from Wasm implementors
24:46 – Wasm GC proposal
27:06 – What did JAVA do right that Wasm can learn from?

For more from F5's Office of the CTO visit the following sites: 
Blogs - https://www.f5.com/company/octo
Reports - https://www.f5.com/services/resources/reports

Meet Your Hosts:
Joel Moses | https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelmoses/ | https://community.f5.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/398372
Oscar Spencer | https://twitter.com/oscar_spen | https://www.linkedin.com/in/oscarspen/
Matthew Yacobucci | https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-yacobucci-323b4b2/

What WebAssembly can learn from JAVA’s history - Ep5 -WebAssembly Unleashed

In this episode our hosts dive into what’s going on in the Wasm community and are then joined by Chris Dickinson of Dylibso to discuss WebAssembly and observability. Listen in to find out if WebAssembly has reached its Docker moment, hear about Wasm’s growth from hype to functionality, learn about the component model streams issue, and so much more!

Chapters:

1:13 – Has WebAssembly reached its Docker moment?
4:19 – What does it take to put AI on the Edge?
6:04 – Wasm.io highlights
7:29 – What’s going on at Dylibso?
10:49 – How far off are we from a widescale enterprise adoption of WebAssembly?
13:05 – Modsurfer and the benefits to Wasm
16:24 – Dylibso’s Extism
17:27 – Moving data through the boundary
25:39 – Observe SDK
30:28 – How to engage

Dig into the Wasm.IO session recordings we mentioned:
- Filling a Registry-Shaped Hole in the Wasm Component Ecosystem by Daniel Macovei / Oscar Spencer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_-10mRN30s

- A stream of consciousness on the future of async in the Component Model by Luke Wagner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3x4-nQeXxc

For more from F5's Office of the CTO visit the following sites: 
Blogs - https://www.f5.com/company/octo
Reports - https://www.f5.com/services/resources/reports

Meet Your Hosts:
Joel Moses | https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelmoses/ | https://community.f5.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/398372
Oscar Spencer | https://twitter.com/oscar_spen | https://www.linkedin.com/in/oscarspen/
Matthew Yacobucci | https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-yacobucci-323b4b2/

Wasm Observability with Dylibso – Ep 6 – WebAssembly Unleashed

In this episode our hosts dive into what’s going on in the WebAssembly community following Wasm.IO and KubeCon before they are joined by Tim Hinrichs and Torin Sandall of Styra to discuss Open Policy Agent (OPA) and WebAssembly. Listen in to find out updates regarding the WebAssembly registry, get a rundown on Open Policy Agent and what led it to Wasm, the WebAssembly integration challenges OPA’s faced, interesting applications of OPA and Wasm, and so much more!

**SPECIAL NOTE: Since this podcast recording, Linux Foundation has announced that WasmCon is being moved to November.

Dive into our previous episode on Warg with Danny Macovei: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH66SCfAw1I&list=PLyqga7AXMtPNV1zr2aTWEegep0FQU6Qvj&index=5

Chapters:
1:19 – What’s going on in the world of WebAssembly?
2:16 – Developments from Wasm.IO and KubeCon
3:10 – WA.dev and the Warg Protocol
5:42 –What is Open Policy Agent and why is it important?
6:44 – OPA implications for end users
10:51 – State of OPA community
12:40 – What led OPA to WebAssembly
17:00 – From a modular approach, why run Rego policies in other language contexts?
19:52 – How do you compile OPA down to Wasm?
21:42 – How self-contained is OPA and the Wasm models?
25:31 – Integration challenges with Wasm
30:12 – Styra and what it adds on top of Open Policy Agent
 
For more from F5's Office of the CTO visit the following sites: 

Blogs - https://www.f5.com/company/octo
Reports - https://www.f5.com/services/resources/reports

Meet Your Hosts:
Joel Moses | https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelmoses/ | https://community.f5.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/398372
Oscar Spencer | https://twitter.com/oscar_spen | https://www.linkedin.com/in/oscarspen/
Matthew Yacobucci | https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-yacobucci-323b4b2/

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👋 Aubrey King: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aubreyking | https://twitter.com/aubreykingf5

Wasm & Open Policy Agent with Styra – Ep 7 – WebAssembly Unleashed

In this episode our hosts are joined by Fastly’s Luke Wagner to discuss WebAssembly, async, and streams. Listen in to learn about the history and evolution of ASMJS, find out if sync and async functions will split WebAssembly, get a rundown on the concept of backpressure, and hear discussion regarding Joel Dice’s project ISYSWASFA (who you might get to hear from soon, so subscribe for future episodes 😉 ).

Chapters:
00:37 – Meet the hosts and community updates
3:15 – Special guest: Luke Wagner
3:49 – This history and evolution of ASMJS
9:15 – Async and Streams in WebAssembly
10:27 – How async might work in the component model
17:37 – The concept of back pressure
19:08 – Stages of async
21:41 – Joel Dice’s project ISYSWASFA
26:51 – Fastly’s Compute Management and WebAssembly
29:59 – Closing remarks and future excitement

Dig into the Wasm.IO session recordings we mentioned:

A stream of consciousness on the future of async in the Component Model by Luke Wagner @ Wasm I/O 24 - https://youtu.be/y3x4-nQeXxc?si=3XGqdqa9W3WjXSzl

For more from F5's Office of the CTO visit the following sites: 
Blogs - https://www.f5.com/company/octo
Reports - https://www.f5.com/services/resources/reports

Meet Your Hosts:
Joel Moses | https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelmoses/ | https://community.f5.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/398372
Oscar Spencer | https://twitter.com/oscar_spen | https://www.linkedin.com/in/oscarspen/
Matthew Yacobucci | https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-yacobucci-323b4b2/

WebAssembly Async and Streams – Ep 8 – WebAssembly Unleashed

In this episode our hosts are joined by Fermyon’s Joel Dice to dive deeper into ISYSWASFA, async, and WebAssembly. Listen in to learn about the new Wasi release cadence, find out how ISYSWASFA began, what’s in development now, and explore what’s in store for the developer experience with async.

  

Chapters:
0:39 – Meet the hosts and community updates
2:51 – Special guest: Joel Dice
3:21 – Deep dive into Fermyon and Spin
6:13 – Joel’s clean room implementation of the JVM
11:25 – Specification changes and current state
13:30 – Exploring the developer experience of ISYSWASFA and async
17:53 – Challenges of upstreaming ISYSWASFA learnings
23:35 – Are we introducing a what color is your component issue?
26:19 – What’s left to do for a fully working implementation of async in Wasmtime?
29:15 – Closing thoughts and future prospects

For more from F5's Office of the CTO visit the following sites: 
Blogs - https://www.f5.com/company/octo
Reports - https://www.f5.com/services/resources/reports

  

Meet Your Hosts:
Joel Moses | https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelmoses/ | https://community.f5.com/users/joel_moses/398372
Oscar Spencer | https://twitter.com/oscar_spen | https://www.linkedin.com/in/oscarspen/
Matthew Yacobucci | https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-yacobucci-323b4b2/

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👋 Aubrey King: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aubreyking | https://twitter.com/aubreykingf5

Async and ISYSWASFA – Ep 9 – WebAssembly Unleashed

In this episode our hosts are joined by Shopify’s Saúl Cabrera to talk about his team’s experience using and deploying WebAssembly. Listen in to learn which Wasm proposals are progressing, why Shopify uses Wasm, what led them to using it in the server side space so early on, how their experience has been, and if they were restarting their work today whether or not they’d still choose WebAssembly.

Chapters:
1:24 – Community updates and proposals
3:23 – Special guest: Saúl Cabrera
3:55 – Shopify’s use of WebAssembly
9:25 – Challenges and progress in WebAssembly
21:49 – Production use and future of WebAssembly
27:08 – Final thoughts and wrap-up

For more from F5's Office of the CTO visit the following sites: 
Blogs - https://www.f5.com/company/octo
Reports - https://www.f5.com/services/resources/reports

Meet Your Hosts:
Joel Moses | https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelmoses/ | https://community.f5.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/398372
Oscar Spencer | https://twitter.com/oscar_spen | https://www.linkedin.com/in/oscarspen/
Matthew Yacobucci | https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-yacobucci-323b4b2/

User Experience Deploying Wasm – Ep 10 – WebAssembly Unleashed

Join hosts Joel Moses, Oscar Spencer, and Matthew Yacobucci in an informative and engaging podcast episode, diving into the world of WebAssembly (Wasm). Discover the origins and evolution of Wasm from its early days with Google's Native Client and Mozilla's ASM.js to its current role in transforming web and server-side computing. Learn about the challenges and breakthroughs driving Wasm forward along with common misconceptions and security concerns as it’s integrated into the daily technologies we use. Whether you're a seasoned developer or new to the space, this episode provides insights into the exciting future of WebAssembly and its impact on modern software development.

  

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction to WebAssembly Unleashed
01:10 The Origins of WebAssembly
01:26 Google's Native Client and ASM.js
03:24 The Rise of WebAssembly
06:33 The Limitations of JavaScript
08:23 WebAssembly's Key Players and Timeline
12:30 WebAssembly System Interface (WASI)
17:10 WebAssembly's Evolution and Future
23:33 WebAssembly in Real-World Applications
25:50 WebAssembly's Impact on User Experience
28:14 Addressing WebAssembly's Criticisms
30:32 Security in WebAssembly
32:30 The Future of WebAssembly
37:55 Reflections and Closing Thoughts

For more from F5's Office of the CTO visit the following sites: 
Blogs - https://www.f5.com/company/octo
Reports - https://www.f5.com/services/resources/reports

Meet Your Hosts:
Joel Moses | https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelmoses/ | https://community.f5.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/398372 
Oscar Spencer | https://twitter.com/oscar_spen | https://www.linkedin.com/in/oscarspen/
Matthew Yacobucci | https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-yacobucci-323b4b2/

Exploring the Evolution and Future of Wasm – Ep 11 – WebAssembly Unleashed

Welcome to WebAssembly Unleashed with hosts Joel Moses, Oscar Spencer, and Matt Yacobucci. Join us to discover who’s recently experienced impressive performance improvements using WebAssembly, how maple whiskey is related to Wasm runtimes, and what is the process of innovation.  This month our special guest, Matt Butcher, CEO of Fermyon, shares his incredible journey through the tech industry, his insights on WebAssembly's potential to revolutionize cloud computing, and the innovative work Fermyon is doing with Spin. Explore the evolution from startup to large-scale enterprise and gain valuable perspectives on community building and technological advancements.
  
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction to WebAssembly Unleashed
00:49 Firefox's WebAssembly Performance Boost: https://www.howtogeek.com/firefox-75x-faster-running-webassembly/
01:59 Excitement for Upcoming Community Group Events
02:19 Interview with Matt Butcher: Background and Fermyon
05:22 The Birth of WebAssembly at Microsoft
10:01 Wasm Runtime From Browser to Server 
16:38 Deis Labs Projects and the Pattern of Innovation 
20:04 Failed Projects and Lessons Learned
22:04 Career Journey: From Hewlett Packard to Fermyon
22:21 The Vision Behind Fermyon
24:11 WebAssembly and Cloud Efficiency
27:39 The Birth of Fermyon
31:26 Community Building and Challenges
39:27 What led to Spin?
43:05 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
Episode 5 w/Gilad Bracha: https://youtu.be/BQjTShpa8VM?si=DMDyh5U--BaQ_FGE

For more from F5's Office of the CTO visit the following sites: 
Blogs - https://www.f5.com/company/octo
Reports - https://www.f5.com/services/resources/reports
  
Meet Your Hosts:
Joel Moses | https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelmoses/ | https://community.f5.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/398372
Oscar Spencer | https://twitter.com/oscar_spen | https://www.linkedin.com/in/oscarspen/
Matthew Yacobucci | https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-yacobucci-323b4b2/

Turning Wasm Research Passions into a Business – Ep 12 – WebAssembly Unleashed

Welcome to WebAssembly Unleashed with hosts Joel Moses, Oscar Spencer, and Matt Yacobucci. Join us as we dive into the latest happenings in the Wasm community. Fresh from WasmCon, the team delves into the evolving WebAssembly standards, including the upcoming WASI Preview 3 featuring async and streams. Special guest Alessandro Pignotti, CTO of Leaning Technologies, shares his journey in reviving Adobe Flash content with LightSpark and introduces WebVM, a groundbreaking project to run legacy applications in the browser. Discover how WebAssembly is preserving early web content and the immense potential it holds for both client-side and enterprise applications. Tune in for an engaging discussion on the past, present, and future with WebAssembly!
  
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction to WebAssembly Unleashed
00:47 Recap of WasmCon Highlights
01:38 WASI Preview 3 Excitement
02:50 Exploring WebAssembly on the Client Side
03:34 The Rise and Fall of Early Web Technologies
07:04 Reviving Legacy Web Content with WebAssembly
11:45 Challenges and Innovations in WebAssembly
22:24 Legacy Code and WebAssembly
23:17 Introduction to Cheerp and CheerpJ
25:35 Introducing CheerpX
26:16 The Future of WebAssembly and Gaming
28:48 The Importance of Internet Archive
30:23 WebAssembly Specification and Performance
33:28 WebVM: From Experiment to Reality
38:47 WebVM Hackathon and Community Engagement

For more from F5's Office of the CTO visit the following sites: 
Blogs - https://www.f5.com/company/octo
Reports - https://www.f5.com/services/resources/reports
  
Meet Your Hosts:
Joel Moses | https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelmoses/ | https://community.f5.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/398372
Oscar Spencer | https://twitter.com/oscar_spen | https://www.linkedin.com/in/oscarspen/
Matthew Yacobucci | https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-yacobucci-323b4b2/
 
Follow and connect with our guest:
Alessandro Pignotti | https://x.com/alexpignotti 
Leaning Technologies | https://discord.leaningtech.com 
WebVM | https://webvm.io/

WebAssembly: Saving the Early Internet – Ep 13 – WebAssembly Unleashed

In this episode of WebAssembly Unleashed, hosts Joel Moses, Oscar Spencer, and Matt Yacobucci discuss recent developments in the world of WebAssembly, including government involvement and new standards. They are joined by special guest Till Schneidereit, Principal Engineer at Fermyon and Co-Founder of the Bytecode Alliance, who shares insights on the creation and mission of Bytecode Alliance and discusses the importance of cross-industry collaboration in the development of WebAssembly. Till also offers valuable governance advice and reflects on the broad impact of their work.
  
Chapters:
00:00 Welcome to WebAssembly Unleashed
00:41 Bytecode Alliance Election Results
01:09 Government Involvement in WebAssembly
      NIST IR 8505: https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/ir/8505/final
02:47 Introducing Special Guest Till Schneidereit
03:10 Founding of Bytecode Alliance
03:55 What is the Bytecode Alliance?
05:05 Why the Bytecode Alliance exists
10:06 Challenges and Successes in Bytecode Alliance
15:30 W3C and Bytecode Alliance Comparison
19:14 Getting Involved with W3C or Bytecode Alliance
21:15 Governance and Open Source Sustainability 
30:55 Future of WebAssembly and Bytecode Alliance

For more from F5's Office of the CTO visit the following sites: 
Blogs - https://www.f5.com/company/octo
Reports - https://www.f5.com/services/resources/reports
  
Meet Your Hosts:
Joel Moses | https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelmoses/ | https://community.f5.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/398372
Oscar Spencer | https://twitter.com/oscar_spen | https://www.linkedin.com/in/oscarspen/
Matthew Yacobucci | https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-yacobucci-323b4b2/

Bytecode Alliance + | Ep 14 | WebAssembly Unleashed

Join hosts Joel Moses, Oscar Spencer, and Matthew Yacobucci as they take a retrospective look at WebAssembly's exciting developments from 2024 and share their insightful predictions for 2025. This special episode covers groundbreaking advancements in WebAssembly core technology, the WASI ecosystem, and highlights notable progress from previous guests like Bailey Hayes, Pat Hickey, Chris Dickinson, and more. Discover the evolving trends in WebAssembly, its increasing adoption in production, and what the future holds for this transformative technology. Don't miss our rundown of core WebAssembly updates, the rise of server-side applications, and expert commentary on what's next for WASI and WebAssembly in AI and security workloads. Unleash the power and promise of WebAssembly with us!

Chapters: 
00:00 Welcome to WebAssembly Unleashed
00:39 Reflecting on a Year of WebAssembly
01:30 Updates from Past Guests
03:02 Core WebAssembly Developments: Garbage Collection, Memory64, and more…
06:06 WASI's Banner Year
10:08 WASI Preview 3
15:47 Community Trends and Developments
23:49 Predictions for 2025
	
For more from F5's Office of the CTO visit the following sites: 
Blogs -  https://www.f5.com/company/octo
Reports -  https://www.f5.com/services/resources/reports

Meet Your Hosts:
Joel Moses | www.linkedin.com/in/joelmoses/ | community.f5.com/t5/user/viewprof…e/user-id/398372
Oscar Spencer | twitter.com/oscar_spen | www.linkedin.com/in/oscarspen/
Matthew Yacobucci | www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-yacobucci-323b4b2/

State of WebAssembly 2025 | Ep 15 | WebAssembly Unleashed

Join hosts Joel Moses, Oscar Spencer, and Matthew Yacobucci  as they discuss recent WebAssembly advancements, such as data science in browsers with WebR, LibreOffice now running as ZetaOffice, and a unique case study from Dagger.IO on replacing a React front end with Go and WebAssembly. The team is joined by special guest, journalist and analyst Bruce Gain, who shares his insights on the impact of WebAssembly in gaming and its applications in various industries. Topics include performance benchmarking, the evolution of WebAssembly, and its potential tipping points for mainstream media attention. Tune in for an engaging conversation about the future of WebAssembly and its broader implications.
 
Chapters: 
00:00 Welcome to WebAssembly Unleashed
00:57 Exciting WebAssembly Developments
02:38 Oscar's Insights from the Wasm Community
04:28 Special Guest: Analyst and Journalist Bruce Gain
05:22 WebAssembly in Gaming
09:16 Future of Gaming with WebAssembly
13:03 Media Perspective on WebAssembly
15:08 WebAssembly Garners Media Attention 
19:06 What can WebAssembly do to create a media tipping point?
21:36 Security Implications of WebAssembly
24:04 AI and WebAssembly: A Synergistic Future
28:40 ReveCom Project and Benchmarking Efforts
34:16 Future of WebAssembly in Media and Technology
 
Read more on recent developments discussed by the hosts:
Replacing React with Go: https://dagger.io/blog/replaced-react-with-go
R in the Browser: https://blog.jupyter.org/r-in-the-browser-announcing-our-webassembly-distribution-9450e9539ed5
LibreOffice built for the Wasm runtime: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/13/libreoffice_wasm_zetaoffice/ ; https://zetaoffice.net/
 
For more from F5's Office of the CTO visit the following sites: 
Blogs -  https://www.f5.com/company/octo
Reports -  https://www.f5.com/services/resources/reports

Meet Your Hosts:
Joel Moses | www.linkedin.com/in/joelmoses/ | community.f5.com/t5/user/viewprof…e/user-id/398372
Oscar Spencer | twitter.com/oscar_spen | www.linkedin.com/in/oscarspen/
Matthew Yacobucci | www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-yacobucci-323b4b2/

The Analyst's View of Wasm | Ep 16 | WebAssembly Unleashed

Join Joel Moses, Oscar Spencer, and Matt Yacobucci as they discuss the latest news and recent developments in WebAssembly, such as Zig 0.140 and projects like running Linux inside a PDF file. This episode features special guest Nick Fitzgerald, a notable contributor to WasmTime and CraneLift, who explains the concept of garbage collection in programming. The discussion covers  garbage collection in the context of WebAssembly, diving into algorithms, their implications, and challenges in implementation. They also touch upon the future of WebAssembly in embedded systems and the broader applications of these technologies in various programming languages like Java and Python. Don't miss this engaging and informative episode!
	
Chapters: 
00:00 Welcome to WebAssembly Unleashed
00:57 What's interesting this week in WebAssembly? 
02:12 Linux PDF: A WebAssembly Feat
03:29 Understanding Garbage Collection with guest Nick Fitzgerald
05:20 Reference Counting vs Tracing Garbage Collection
	A Unified Theory of Garbage Collection paper: https://courses.cs.washington.edu/courses/cse590p/05au/p50-bacon.pdf
7:22 What's driving the push to get GC into WebAssembly right now?
10:25 What makes Garbage Collection implementation so difficult?
12:09 Challenges in Garbage Collection Implementation
15:19 Are you bound by the language runtime GC or by the Wasm runtime?
19:32 Challenges in Type Systems Implementation
22:59 Object-Oriented Hierarchies and Python
24:34 Garbage Collection Proposal Insights
31:35 Will the end users have extra work?
32:50 Can GC help with Ahead of time Compiling?
35:11 Fuzz Testing and Bug Fixing
36:05 Custom Page Size Proposal
38:03 Future of Garbage Collection Algorithms
	
Did you miss the WebAssembly Unleashed episode with Gilad Bracha? Check it out here:
What WebAssembly can learn from JAVA’s history | Ep5 | WebAssembly Unleashed https://youtu.be/BQjTShpa8VM?si=S4sHWZeRqVIbCdn_
	
For more from F5's Office of the CTO visit the following sites: 
Blogs -  https://www.f5.com/company/octo
Reports -  https://www.f5.com/services/resources/reports
	
Meet Your Hosts: 
Joel Moses | https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelmoses/ | https://community.f5.com/users/joel_moses/398372 
Oscar Spencer | https://twitter.com/oscar_spen | https://www.linkedin.com/in/oscarspen/ 
Matthew Yacobucci | https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-yacobucci-323b4b2/


The Future of WebAssembly Garbage Collection | Ep 17 | WebAssembly Unleashed

Joins hosts Joel Moses and Oscar Spencer as they delve into the world of WebAssembly with special guest Andreas Rossberg, co-designer of the WebAssembly specification. Andreas shares insights on SpecTec, a domain-specific language designed to streamline and verify the WebAssembly specification. The discussion covers the evolution of SpecTec, its impact on WebAssembly proposals, and future possibilities for its application. Additionally, Andreas discusses his background in functional programming, challenges in compiler development, and the surprising uses of WebAssembly in the tech ecosystem. Whether you're a novice or a seasoned developer, this episode offers a comprehensive look into the future of WebAssembly and its growing influence in technology.

Chapters:
00:00 Welcome to WebAssembly Unleashed
01:20 Exciting WebAssembly Developments
02:34 Special Guest: Andreas Rossberg
04:35 Functional Programming Insights
11:37 WebAssembly Specification and SpecTec
22:02 Test Matrix Generation for WebAssembly
23:49 Will SpecTec make WebAssembly proposals move any faster?
24:57 Reference Interpreter and Meta Interpreter
27:56 SpecTec's Potential Applications
30:54 Comparing SpecTec with Other Tools
32:34 Motivation and Commitment to WebAssembly and SpecTec
36:10 Surprising Uses and Future of WebAssembly
39:38 What area should the WebAssembly community work on next?

For more from F5's Office of the CTO visit the following sites: 
Blogs -  https://www.f5.com/company/octo
Reports -  https://www.f5.com/services/resources/reports

Meet Your Hosts: 
Joel Moses | https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelmoses/ | https://community.f5.com/users/joel_moses/398372 
Oscar Spencer | https://twitter.com/oscar_spen | https://www.linkedin.com/in/oscarspen/ 
Matthew Yacobucci | https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-yacobucci-323b4b2/

WebAssembly's SpecTec | Ep 18 | WebAssembly Unleashed

Join hosts Joel Moses, Oscar Spencer, and Matt Yacobucci as they dive deep into the world of formal verification with special guest Chris Fallin. In this episode of WebAssembly Unleashed, the team discusses the importance of formal verification in software development, particularly for WebAssembly. Chris, a co-author of the Cranelift compiler and Mozilla alum, explains the concept of formal verification, its significance, and how it can be applied to ensure software correctness and security. The conversation covers a range of topics including type safety, the use of SMT solvers, the challenges in formally verifying compilers, and the potential role of AI in generating formally verified code. Don't miss this insightful discussion if you're keen to learn about cutting-edge techniques to make software more reliable and secure.

00:00 Welcome to WebAssembly Unleashed
00:57 Community Updates
01:41 Guest Introduction: Chris Fallin
02:18 What is formal verification and why is it important?
03:10 Formal Verification in WebAssembly
06:28 Challenges and Real-World Applications
07:52 Tools and Techniques for Verification
20:22 Future Directions and Broader Implications
28:21 AI and Formal Verification
30:44 Lack of Formal Verification Consequences

Did you miss the WebAssembly Unleashed episode 16 with Bruce Gain? Check it out here: https://youtu.be/Gjd8l1Sz9qY?si=QGixwObXJgvex9DS

For more from F5's Office of the CTO visit the following sites: 
Blogs -  https://www.f5.com/company/octo
Reports -  https://www.f5.com/services/resources/reports

Meet Your Hosts: 
Joel Moses | https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelmoses/ | https://community.f5.com/users/joel_moses/398372 
Oscar Spencer | https://twitter.com/oscar_spen | https://www.linkedin.com/in/oscarspen/ 
Matthew Yacobucci | https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-yacobucci-323b4b2/

Unlocking the Secrets of Formal Verification in WebAssembly | Ep 19 | WebAssembly Unleashed

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