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Is WebAssembly Really the Future? 

https://cncf.io/?utm_content=inline-mention most recent https://www.cncf.io/reports/cncf-annual-survey-2022/ includes a bold statement about https://thenewstack.io/how-webassembly-could-streamline-cloud-native-computing/: “Containers are the new normal and WebAssembly is the future.” Already, 37% of end user organizations have some experience deploying applications with WebAssembly, the CNCF reported.

But where is WebAssembly’s adoption headed, and what do its roadmap and future place in computing look like?

A Wasm https://thenewstack.io/pipelines-paas-continuously-delivering-continuous-delivery/ offering or platform does not yet exist that can easily be used to lend WebAssembly to backend applications.

Wasm can replace containers in some use cases, but overall, WebAssembly and container adoption are set to grow in tandem.