Hacker News with Generative AI: WebAssembly

Is WebAssembly Memory64 worth using? (spidermonkey.dev)
After many long years, the Memory64 proposal for WebAssembly has finally been released in both Firefox 134 and Chrome 133. In short, this proposal adds 64-bit pointers to WebAssembly.

WebAssembly, Programming, Browser Features, Performance

37 points by bvisness 2 days ago | 50 comments

Show HN: WASM-powered codespaces for Python notebooks on GitHub (marimo.io)
Our online playground lets you create and share marimo notebooks for free, without creating an account.

WebAssembly, Python, Notebooks, GitHub, Cloud Computing

202 points by mscolnick 3 days ago | 27 comments

Doom 3 in WASM (continuation-labs.com)
Online demonstration running Doom 3 Demo

Gaming, WebAssembly, Retro Gaming

5 points by klaussilveira 8 days ago | 1 comments

HipScript enables CUDA to run inside web browsers (phoronix.com)
HipScript is a new open-source project that allows for compiling and running AMD HIP and NVIDIA CUDA code within web browsers by leveraging WebAssembly and WebGPU.

Web Development, Open Source, GPU Computing, WebAssembly

12 points by astlouis44 10 days ago | 1 comments

Show HN: HipScript – Run CUDA in the browser with WebAssembly and WebGPU (lights0123.com)
Online compiler for HIP and NVIDIA® CUDA® code to WebGPU

WebAssembly, WebGPU, CUDA, GPU Programming, Programming Languages

308 points by lights0123 11 days ago | 32 comments

ruffle-rs/ruffle: A Flash Player emulator written in Rust (github.com/ruffle-rs)
Ruffle is an Adobe Flash Player emulator written in the Rust programming language. Ruffle targets both the desktop and the web using WebAssembly.

Rust, WebAssembly, Flash Player, Emulators, Open Source

81 points by rcarmo 13 days ago | 20 comments

MoonBit: First Look at New Language Through Building WASM Back End (vigoo.dev)
MoonBit, a new programming language has been open sourced a few weeks ago - see this blog post. MoonBit is an exciting modern programming language that natively supports WebAssembly, including the component model - this makes it a perfect fit for writing applications for Golem Cloud.

Programming Languages, WebAssembly, Cloud Computing

23 points by jdegoes 14 days ago | 10 comments

DuckDB and WebAssembly = WhatTheDuck (i-programmer.info)
Run DuckDB inside your browser thanks to Webassembly. When is that useful?

WebAssembly, Databases, DuckDB

3 points by aquastorm 15 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: Sine Wave Speech, a real-time audio effect in Rust->WASM (sinewavespeech.com)

Web Development, Audio Effects, Rust, WebAssembly

10 points by vvolhejn 21 days ago | 0 comments

Compiling Full-Featured JavaScript to WASM (twitter.com)

JavaScript, WebAssembly, Compilation

7 points by tmikov 24 days ago | 0 comments

New Java to WASM GC Transpiler: Run Java in the Browser, No Plugin Required (teavm.org)
This release is mostly driven by development of new WebAssembly backend.

Java, WebAssembly, Browser, Transpilers

60 points by TeaVMFan 34 days ago | 55 comments

CheerpX 1.0: High performance x86 virtualization in the browser via WebAssembly (leaningtech.com)
CheerpX is a WebAssembly-based virtualization engine for x86 binaries. It is built on top of standard Web technologies, and runs fully in the browser, with no need for server side execution of any sort.

WebAssembly, Virtualization, Browser Technology, Performance

6 points by apignotti 45 days ago | 0 comments

WASM-4: Build retro games using WebAssembly for a fantasy console (wasm4.org)
Build retro games using WebAssembly for a fantasy console

WebAssembly, Game Development, Retro Gaming

151 points by peutetre 49 days ago | 40 comments

WasmCloud makes strides with WASM component model (techtarget.com)
A milestone update for server-side WebAssembly earlier this year has broadened its adoption among enterprises and advanced related open source projects, though it remains a bleeding-edge technology for most companies.

WebAssembly, Server-Side Development, Open Source, Cloud Computing, Technology

46 points by peutetre 54 days ago | 3 comments

Show HN: WASM runtime for sandboxing Python code (github.com/ErikKaum)

WebAssembly, Python, Security, Sandboxing

9 points by erikkaum 60 days ago | 2 comments

Show HN: Nova JavaScript Engine (github.com/trynova)
Nova is a JavaScript and WebAssembly engine written in Rust.

JavaScript, WebAssembly, Rust, Programming Languages, Open Source

271 points by aapoalas 61 days ago | 102 comments

WebVM 2.0: A complete Linux Desktop Environment in the browser via WebAssembly (leaningtech.com)
WebVM is a full Linux environment running in the browser, client-side. It is a complete virtual machine, with support for persistent data storage, networking and, as of today’s release, Xorg and complete desktop environments. In an instance of WebVM, everything executes locally within the browser sandbox.

WebAssembly, Virtualization, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Linux

97 points by thunderbong 65 days ago | 44 comments

WebAssembly at Google (docs.google.com)

WebAssembly, Google, Programming Languages

4 points by rrampage 66 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: Jaws – a JavaScript to WASM ahead-of-time compiler (github.com/drogus)
Jaws is a JavaScript to WebAssembly compiler written in Rust. It is similar to porffor in a way it also results in a standalone WASM binary that can be executed without an interpreter, but it takes a different implementation approach.

JavaScript, WebAssembly, Rust, Compilers

290 points by drogus 69 days ago | 107 comments

Memory64 (github.com/WebAssembly)
This page describes a proposal to support linear memory of sizes larger than 232 bits. It provides no new instructions, but instead extends the currently existing instructions to allow 64-bit indexes.

WebAssembly, Memory Management, Programming Languages

83 points by tosh 72 days ago | 50 comments

WASM SQLite made Notion 30% Faster (betterstack.com)
Notion made a tough bet on emerging tech, and it paid off in a big way

WebAssembly, Database, Performance Optimization, Notion

12 points by cnctvfrc 73 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: Modus, serverless framework for intelligent APIs powered by WebAssembly (github.com/hypermodeinc)
Modus is an open-source, serverless framework for building APIs powered by WebAssembly. It simplifies integrating AI models, data, and business logic with sandboxed execution. And, it's really fast.

Serverless, WebAssembly, AI, APIs, Open Source

22 points by mj1586 79 days ago | 3 comments

Model Predictive Control in the Browser with WebAssembly (garethx.com)

WebAssembly, JavaScript

126 points by thunderbong 80 days ago | 18 comments

Wasmer 5.0 (wasmer.io)
We are thrilled to announce the release of Wasmer 5.0, the latest milestone in our journey to make WebAssembly the greatest tool for executing software anywhere.

Software, WebAssembly, New Releases

198 points by syrusakbary 80 days ago | 82 comments

Wasmer v5 Introduced (wasmer.io)
We are thrilled to announce the release of Wasmer 5.0, the latest milestone in our journey to make WebAssembly the greatest tool for executing software anywhere.

New Releases, Software, WebAssembly

10 points by ahmetozer 80 days ago | 0 comments

Wasmtime 26.0: 64-bit tables, shell completions, Windows ARM64 support, and more (bytecodealliance.org)
Wasmtime is a fast, secure, and standards-compliant WebAssembly runtime. The latest v26.0 release includes enhancements such as implementation of the “table64” extension, a new wasmtime completion subcommand, ARM64 Windows support, and more.

WebAssembly, Software, New Releases, Programming Languages, Windows

5 points by peutetre 84 days ago | 0 comments

Faster Fractals with Multi-Threaded WebAssembly (2019) (scottlogic.com)
When WebAssembly was released a couple of years ago it was an MVP (Minimal Viable Product), having a small feature-set deemed just enough to make it useable and useful. One significant feature that was missing from the MVP was threads. The WebAssembly threads proposal is now quite mature and available in both the tooling and Chrome. This blog post explores the internals of this feature, the new instruction set, and how it supports multi-threaded applications.

WebAssembly, Multi-threading, Performance, Programming, Software

4 points by lagrange77 86 days ago | 0 comments

WasmGC and the future of front-end Java development (infoworld.com)
WebAssembly’s garbage collection extension makes it easier to run languages like Java on the front end. Could it be the start of a new era in web development?

WebAssembly, Java, Front-end Development, Programming Languages

9 points by peutetre 86 days ago | 0 comments

Firefox Is Now "More Than 75X Faster" Running WebAssembly (howtogeek.com)

WebAssembly, Browsers, Performance, Firefox

78 points by hochmartinez 93 days ago | 5 comments

Optimizing the Ion compiler back end (spidermonkey.dev)
In September, machine learning engineers at Mozilla filed a bug report indicating that Firefox was consuming excessive memory and CPU resources while running Microsoft’s ONNX Runtime (a machine learning library) compiled to WebAssembly.

WebAssembly, Optimization, Performance, JavaScript, Compilers

164 points by undercut 93 days ago | 40 comments