Too Long; Didn't Read
Web assembly looks like the next best thing in web technologies. Even though the first release happened fairly recently, namely in early 2017, there were rumors and anticipation long ago. With a quick google searching, I found <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10874184" target="_blank">this</a> HackerNews article, almost 3 years ago, for example.