I think one the big things with web assembly is it's shear potential is huge.
In theory, WASM could be a single cross platform compile target, which is kind of a CS holy grail. It's easy to let your mind spin up a world where everything is web assembly, a desktop enivornment, a server, day to day software applications.
After I've imagined all of that, being told web assembly helps some parts of Figma run faster feels like a big let down. Of course that isn't fair, almost nothing could live up to the expectations we have for WASM.
Its development is also by committee, which is maybe the best option for our current landscape, but isn't famous for getting things going quickly.
In theory, WASM could be a single cross platform compile target, which is kind of a CS holy grail. It's easy to let your mind spin up a world where everything is web assembly, a desktop enivornment, a server, day to day software applications.
After I've imagined all of that, being told web assembly helps some parts of Figma run faster feels like a big let down. Of course that isn't fair, almost nothing could live up to the expectations we have for WASM.
Its development is also by committee, which is maybe the best option for our current landscape, but isn't famous for getting things going quickly.