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

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WebAssembly System or Standard Interface – Ep 3 – 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
 
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Wasm & Open Policy Agent with Styra – Ep 7 – 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

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