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

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

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

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