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The 3rd Wave of Cloud Computing

February 5, 2024  -   10 mins read time -   2051 words -  garrardkitchen

wasm, wasi, compute, docker, component model, sustainability, sustainability transformation

That’s quite an opening statement, isn’t it? As a reminder, the 1st and 2nd waves were Virtual Machines and Containers, respectively. Warning, profound statement inbound… The Docker cofounder, Solomon Hykes, said this in 2019 “If WASM+WASI existed in 2008, we wouldn’t have needed to create Docker. That’s how important it is. WebAssembly on the server is the future of computing.” - Quote I think we need to let this sink in for a few moments. ...