Building a Better Developer Experience with WebAssembly-Based Edge Serverless Platform

Explore how WebAssembly revolutionizes edge serverless platforms to enhance developer productivity in this 18-minute conference talk by Kay Sawada, Senior Enterprise Serverless Architect at Fastly. Begin with foundational WebAssembly concepts and discover its crucial role in enabling portable, high-performance code execution across distributed environments. Examine the defining characteristics of edge serverless platforms, including their ability to optimize latency, maximize resource efficiency, and significantly reduce operational overhead for infrastructure and site reliability engineering teams. Learn practical strategies for leveraging WebAssembly to empower developers with multi-language support, enabling seamless use of Rust, Go, and JavaScript/TypeScript within serverless architectures. Understand how WebAssembly-based edge computing addresses common developer pain points while maintaining enterprise-grade performance and reliability. Gain insights into architectural patterns and implementation approaches that streamline development workflows, reduce deployment complexity, and accelerate time-to-market for edge applications. Master the technical considerations for building developer-friendly platforms that abstract infrastructure complexity without sacrificing control or observability.