#webassembly
// 4 transmissions tagged with #webassembly

Ngrok ports Kubernetes to the browser via WebAssembly
Peter Demin’s ngrok project compiles the Kubernetes control plane to WebAssembly, letting engineers prototype clusters directly in a browser without installing anything locally. The demo runs a full control plane, supporting node, pod and service management.

Half-Life 2 runs in a browser via WebAssembly
A developer team compiled the full Half-Life 2 game to WebAssembly, delivering a browser‑based version that matches native performance. The demo is live at hl2.slqnt.dev.

36gb memory leak in claude code server
A 36GB RSS leak in a Claude Code memory server was caused by sql.js's in-memory filesystem retaining a full copy of each 11MB database per request, exposing Node's GC limits for native buffers [DevTo].

Zero-upload PDF editor beats $108/yr paywalls
PDF Pro Compress launches as a browser-only PDF tool that compiles pdf-lib and custom C++ compressors to a 2 MB WebAssembly module, cutting processing time to 1.2 s for a 10 MB file [Dev.to].