

I’m definitely having trouble conceptualizing what this even IS much less what one might use it for. Hyperlight is like a containerization system? It lets you host micro-VMs? And now you can use one to host a WASM app? Why on Earth would someone want to host container/VM just to run WASM code? Are we really going down the road AGAIN of taking tech made to run in browsers, and using it to make backend stuff?
Part of the reason that “JavaScript sucks” is BECAUSE it doesn’t have alternatives. If you want to build a WebApp that manipulates the DOM, JS has the ONLY API to do it.
For me, “JavaScript sucks” not really because of the language itself, but because there’s such a massive disconnect between what it was designed for (small amount of bells and whistles within a web page), and what the ecosystem uses it for (foundation for entire GUI applications).
If you want to build WebApps, learn JavaScript, then do all your development with TypeScript, and be VERY mindful of the third-party dependencies you pull into your project.