Can Wasm replace containers?

Bill Doerrfeld | November 11, 2024

“If you’re talking about replacing containers, you have to talk about replacing Linux,” says Solomon Hykes, co-founder of Docker and Dagger.

In my latest feature for InfoWorld, I delve into a hot topic: Can Wasm really replace containers? I sat down with six industry experts to get to the bottom of where Wasm shines and where containers still dominate.


Check it out to learn where WebAssembly makes a real difference — like in the edge, browser, and sandboxed plugins — and why containers remain essential for long-running, stateful processes in cloud-native environments.


Big thanks to all the contributors for sharing their insights:


- Solomon Hykes, co-founder of Docker, Inc and co-founder of Dagger

- Matt Butcher, co-founder and CEO of Fermyon Technologies

- Michael Yuan, founder of Second State and the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)'s WasmEdge project

- Bailey Hayes, CTO of Cosmonic

- Colin Murphy, senior software engineer at Adobe

- Luke Wagner, distinguished engineer at Fastly


Give it a read and join the conversation as we head into KubeCon 2024!


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