First draft for isomorphic apps

_posts/2018-08-26-isomorphic-apps.md

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+---
+layout: post
+title: "Isomorphic Desktop Apps with Rust"
+description: "and other buzzwords"
+category: 
+tags: [rust, javascript]
+---
+
+I tried to come up with an opening sentence that talked about Javascript without being overly dismissive.
+Instead, you get this.
+
+And the standard "it's not you, it's me" language applies here. Node pushed out the benefits of an
+asynchronous event loop everywhere, and languages like [Python](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0492/) and
+[Rust](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/2394) are getting in on the game. Javascript, despite being
+a language that often makes you say "[wat](https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat)", powers the
+web.
+
+---
+
+But here's the thing: I don't like Javascript. I really don't. I don't like:
+
+- having to manage incredibly complex Typescript/Babel/Webpack/Gulp toolchains
+- having to know any of the above things exist
+- languages where the [runtime specification](http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/9.0/index.html)
+  dramatically outpaces [anyone's having actually implemented](https://kangax.github.io/compat-table/es2016plus/)
+  the runtime specification
+
+---
+
+But here's the thing: I don't like Javascript. I really don't. I cringe every time I hear the word "Webpack".
+A part of me dies inside knowing that Babel exists to paper over the difference between what a committee
+has decided [the language should be](http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/9.0/index.html) and
+[what actually exists](https://kangax.github.io/compat-table/es2016plus/). Not that anyone cares about my
+opinion.
+
+---
+
+So, when I hear that "Webassembly" is going to be a thing, I'm thrilled. Requisite jokes about 
+[Metal](https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript) aside
+([oh wait, they're not joking](https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/8j7y1f/i_am_lachlansneff_creator_of_nebulet_a_rust/)),
+this seems like a fundamentally good way to skip the Babel/Webpack mess and get straight to
+allowing other languages to earn a share of the market that Javascript occupies.
+
+And I get that [WebAssembly isn't trying to replace JavaScript](https://webassembly.org/docs/faq/#is-webassembly-trying-to-replace-javascript).
+But I want Javascript gone.