# How to Think About WebAssembly (Amid the Hype)

DevFeed: [How to Think About WebAssembly (Amid the Hype)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-think-about-webassembly-amid-the-hype-15256.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.fermyon.com/blog/how-to-think-about-wasm>)

Author: Matt Butcher

Published: 2022-02-22T01:30:52Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Fermyon - Experience the next wave of cloud computing.](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/fermyon-experience-the-next-wave-of-cloud-computing.md>)

Topics: [WebAssembly](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-assembly.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/browser.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>), [Docker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker.md>), [eBPF](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ebpf.md>), [Java](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/java.md>)

Tags: [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/browser.md>), [docker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker.md>), [ebpf](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ebpf.md>), [java](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/java.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [webassembly](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/webassembly.md>)

## AI overview

This commentary examines how to think about WebAssembly amid competing claims that it could replace or outperform technologies such as JavaScript, Docker, Java, and eBPF, including its use as a browser performance tool.

## Source excerpt

What is WebAssembly? Is it the JavaScript killer or a performance tool for the browser? Is it a replacement for Docker? Or a clone of Java? Or is it a better eBPF? Lots of ideas are swirling. So let's get to the heart of the matter.