Migrating from wasmi to Wasmer
MEDIUM.COM
php-ext-wasm is an extension that allows you to run WebAssembly code from PHP. Previously it used wasmi, an open source WebAssembly interpreter, to execute modules. This post looks at how the performance of this extension was improved by 29x by moving to wasmer / Cranelift.
Benchmarking WebAssembly Runtimes
MEDIUM.COM
And yet more wasmer … this post compares the performance of various ‘back ends’ including a single-pass compiler (formerly named Dynasm), Cranelift and LLVM.
Transport Tycoon Deluxe (TTD) - Online
EPICPORT.COM
Transport Tycoon was a business simulation game launched in 1994, there have been a number of editions launched since, including OpenTTD an open source reverse-engineered version of the game. Thanks to WebAssembly, you can now play it online!
Citybound
AEPLAY.ORG
Citybound is a city building game that uses microscopic models to vividly simulate the organism of a city arising from the interactions of millions of individuals. It is open source, written in Rust, and now runs on the web, thanks to WebAssembly.