10 Years of Wasm: A Retrospective
Summary
The article traces WebAssembly's decade-long evolution from the asm.js lineage to a standard, cross-browser platform and its expansion beyond the browser via WASI and the Component Model. It covers key milestones, vendor collaboration, and security considerations, and looks ahead to industrial automation, edge computing, and AI-enabled workloads. It also highlights the ongoing shift toward cross-language interoperability and cloud-native deployment.