---
title: "Livin’ on the Edge: Why WebAssembly Belongs in CDNs"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/livin-on-the-edge-why-webassembly-belongs-in-cdns-yggup3psj
source_url: https://cloudnativenow.com/social-x/livin-on-the-edge-why-webassembly-belongs-in-cdns/
type: article
source: "Cloud Native Now"
published: 2024-04-17T12:03:30.619Z
updated: 2024-05-09T08:39:06.345Z
tags: ["kubernetes", "serverless", "webassembly", "edge-computing"]
reading_time: 6
upvotes: 1
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Livin’ on the Edge: Why WebAssembly Belongs in CDNs

**[Cloud Native Now](https://daily.dev/sources/cloudnativenow)** · 6 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

WebAssembly is a strong serverless technology for edge computing, providing a secure runtime, access to system resources, and multi-language support. It enables the deployment of serverless functions at the edge with minimal memory usage and near-instant startup times. Kubernetes can now schedule WebAssembly, making it easier to deploy serverless style applications to the CDN edge.

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Tags: [#kubernetes](https://daily.dev/tags/kubernetes), [#serverless](https://daily.dev/tags/serverless), [#webassembly](https://daily.dev/tags/webassembly), [#edge-computing](https://daily.dev/tags/edge-computing)

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