WebAssembly was supposed to be the first “universal runtime” that could literally run anywhere at lightning speed, and while it was certainly an impressive achievement, it was clear to me that the technology friction was mostly on how it was integrated, or more specifically how it was integrated with tools, debugging, interoperation, etc. ~

The web technologies and frameworks that we have today and how we use them to create solutions, still a lot of developers rely on JavaScript. It may be an outdated language with a lot of issues and problems, but it is still the most popular programming language today. Platforms tend to fail because the workflow surrounding them doesn't offer the flexibility to make the most of the platform.

The most valuable lesson to learn is that potential alone doesn't drive widespread use of a technology. The flexible integration offered by JavaScript is the only thing that made widespread use of it possible. What is the most valuable thing that Web Assembly offered you? What is the missing element in Web Assembly that makes it hard to use? What does the new technology offer that makes it harder to use and does it repeat the same patterns as Web Assembly?