WebAssembly is a compilation target and execution environment often used in Browsers to speed up intensive algorithms that would be slow in pure JavaScript. But Elixir can run WebAssembly too and it’s about much more just speedy code execution. In this session, we will talk about wasmex, a WebAssembly runtime written in Elixir. We investigate common use cases of WebAssembly and how they benefit Elixir hosts. If you are interested in running unsafe (user-provided) programs in your Elixir application, or you want to interface with programs written in other programming language, or even in speeding up your algorithms, this talk is for you.

Hop on the Flatcar for a ride! Flatcar is a specialized operating system deeply integrated into the CNCF ecosystem. Discover how you can smoothly transition from project work to actively participating in other CNCF initiatives. We will explore what is Flatcar, how is it part of the landscape of Special Purpose Operating Systems Working Group (wg-sp-os). What makes Flatcar specialised for running Container workloads and other workloads like WebAssembly (WASM). All while contributing upstream to projects like Gentoo, systemd-sysext, and CAPI.

Discover how to build Serverless functions using Fermyon Spin powered by WebAssembly on Kubernetes. We will review the advantages of the approach and if you'd like to see this in action, open your laptop and follow along with this part of the demo.