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WASI 0.2 GA: Truly Composable WebAssembly

WASI 0.2 reached GA in January 2024, bringing WebAssembly's Component Model into production: typed WIT interfaces that let Rust, Go, and JavaScript code compose without manual glue code. That shift makes edge functions with sub-1 ms cold start, secure plugins, and untrusted-code sandboxing viable today, though it does not replace containers for traditional apps.