Scott and Wes talk with Andrea Giammarchi (aka WebReflection) about his projects, including LinkDOM and PyScript, and the exciting future of running Python in the browser via WebAssembly.
Show Notes- 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
- 01:04 Andrea’s background and early work
- 07:25 Brought to you by Sentry.io
- 09:56 Pyscript
- 14:31 Why run Python in the browser?
- 20:17 Using WebAssembly to run different languages in JS
- 23:33 The advantages of WebAssembly
- 25:55 What excites Andrea about WASM
- 31:10 What is WASI?
- 32:21 Andrea’s experience with IOT and microcontrollers
- 35:35 How can the JS ecosystem be improved?
- 38:07 Should we have reactivity in the browser?
- 41:06 Andrea’s thoughts on server-side APIs
- 43:43 Andrea’s thoughts on TypeScript
- 49:13 Sick Picks & Shameless Plugs
- Andrea: ESP32
- Andrea: Andrea’s X / Twitter
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