WebAssembly promised near-native performance in the browser. But is it really replacing JavaScript?

Where WASM wins:

• Video/audio processing, gaming, CAD applications
• Running existing C++/Rust codebases on the web
• Compute-intensive tasks (Figma, AutoCAD Web)

Where JavaScript still dominates:

• DOM manipulation remains faster with JS
• Small to medium web apps don't need WASM complexity
• Huge ecosystem of JS libraries and frameworks

The real question: Will WASM + JS hybrid become the standard?