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# The Future of Cloud is WebAssembly

Server-side WebAssembly is the ultimate cure for crippling serverless cold starts. Discover how to eliminate infrastructure constraints and deploy cross-platform backend services with sub-millisecond execution.

- **Speakers:** Matt Butcher
- **Event:** World Congress 2023
- **Published:** September 22, 2023
- **Duration:** 29:49
- **URL:** https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/687-the-future-of-cloud-is-webassembly
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