What a practical use case of such thing?

apignotti · 2024-07-11T21:23:01.000000Z

(Same answer as a more deeply nested comment below)

The technology is extremely flexibile, off the top of my head:

* Education (Linux, Programming, Security, ...)

* Live docs for arbitrary languages and binary libraries

* Preservation of historical software and games

* Virtualization of legacy Windows enterprise apps.

* Dev environment for Web IDEs

Just a few examples, the list could go on for long

getpokedagain · 2024-07-12T02:00:30.000000Z

installing emacs in my web browser?

tamimio · 2024-07-11T21:30:57.000000Z

Very interesting, thanks! and good luck on the project.

_moof · 2024-07-12T07:32:57.000000Z

Making your senior engineers take off their glasses, sigh, and pinch the bridge of their nose.

revskill · 2024-07-12T08:00:44.000000Z

I don't get you, how about the juniors ?

lupusreal · 2024-07-12T08:06:39.000000Z

Nod their heads with approval to mask their confusion.

old_hat · 2024-07-12T05:50:59.000000Z

This isn't WebVM specifically, but one example using WebContainers we've built is https://demo.graphweaver.com/

This runs a NodeJS server and frontend in your browser so you can see what Graphweaver can do without having to install or run anything more than a browser on your computer. The example has an SQLite database joined to a REST API. Graphweaver serves a GraphQL API with the result.

hexo · 2024-07-12T11:43:28.000000Z

Just a curiosity to play a bit