Stronger sandboxing, faster cold start than Node, and polyglot execution (Rust, Go, AssemblyScript, Python via Pyodide). WASI 0.2 plus the component model means modules port across runtimes. Worth it when low latency, locality and strong sandboxing all matter together. Avoid for heavy file I/O or long-lived processes.
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Full-stackIf you can describe it, we can build it. React and Next.js on the front, Python or Node behind, Postgres underneath, shipped to somewhere you can afford to run.
