Does my site even need WASM?

1. Is my application on the web, and is it only on the web?
2. Is my application on desktop (or mobile) and only on desktop (or mobile)? (This is referring to native apps)
3. If you answered yes to one of those, but not the other, will my application ever need to be cross platform?
4. Does my application have any sort of dependency for 3rd party libraries or rendering that is tough for JavaScript to handle efficiently?

If you answered yes to number one, but “no” to pretty much everything else, you can literally stop reading right now and leave. :) joking.

If you answered yes to number two, and “no” to everything else, you can also stop reading here. :D also joking. Please keep reading.

If you answered yes to number 3, and yes to anything else, your project will probably benefit from using WASM.

I won’t rehash the whole article here, but here is a link to it if you want to read more:

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