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🤔 hmm, now what does this remind me of:

"By standardizing APIs for #WebAssembly, #WASI provides a way to compose software written in different languages—without costly and clunky interface systems like HTTP-based microservices." (wasi.dev)

Oh yeah, here it is:

"The Infinite Improbability Drive was a wonderful new method of crossing interstellar distances in a mere nothingth of a second, without tedious mucking about in hyperspace"...

and:

..."The Bistromathic Drive is a wonderful new method of crossing vast interstellar distances without all the dangerous mucking about with Improbability Factors."

(and you thought I was gonna mention #Java and Jini!)

(h/t to Douglas Adams for his enduring insight into human behavior, and the #wasm / #wasi folks for doing god's work!)

wasi.devIntroduction · WASI.devThe WebAssembly System Interface (WASI) is a group of standards-track API specifications for software compiled to the W3C WebAssembly (Wasm) standard. WASI is designed to provide a secure standard interface for applications that can be compiled to Wasm from any language, and that may run anywhere—from browsers to clouds to embedded devices.
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The app is a character sheet for a #ttrpg based on a custom game system my friends and I have been evolving since around 1985. These days I suppose you could compare it somewhat to the #fate system a little?

I asked the AI to create it using #blazor, and it chose the #webassembly option. I'm not sure that's correct, but I suspect the AI can easily convert it to Blazor server if necessary.

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