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WASM will replace containers


WebAssembly is a true write-once-run-anywhere experience.

Not only do you pay for the bandwidth and resource overhead, but you have to engineer solutions to improve the reliability of each system in the face of network partitions. With the advent of "serverless" platforms like AWS Lambda, you can take microservices to the extreme: just deploy single functions in the cloud. I recommend adding a compiled language like Go or Rust to your Golden Path so you can be prepared when the WASM reckoning is upon us.

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