Running Node natively in the browser (JS Party #178)

Eric Simons and the StackBlitz team recently announced WebContainers which let you run Node.js natively in your browser! This has BIG implications and leaves us with many BIG questions like: how did they do it, why did they do it, and where does it go from here? Tune in! Keyword: BIG

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Featuring:

• Eric Simons – GitHub, X
• Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Kevin Ball – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Christopher Hiller – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• Introducing WebContainers
• WebContainers on GitHub

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!