Wasm Whiplash: WasmCloud's Wild Ride To Standards

This conference talk explores the evolution of wasmCloud from a proprietary WebAssembly application platform to a standards-based CNCF incubating project. Follow wasmCloud's five-year journey of dismantling proprietary components and rebuilding around WASI 0.2 standards. Learn why cloud and Wasm-native standards matter, how standards-based platforms foster greater collaboration, and the potential pitfalls of avoiding standardization. Brooks Townsend from Cosmonic uses wasmCloud as a case study to demonstrate the importance of embracing standards in the cloud native ecosystem, similar to how OpenTelemetry has become widely adopted as the standard for observability. Gain insights into what makes wasmCloud an effective platform for running WebAssembly in production environments.