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Simon Willison releases luau-wasm for Pyodide integration

Simon Willison has released luau-wasm, a project that enables the use of WebAssembly (WASM) wheels with Pyodide. This integration allows for the publishing of WASM wheels to the Python Package Index (PyPI), facilitating their use in Python environments that support Pyodide. The project builds upon previous work on publishing WASM wheels for Pyodide. AI

IMPACT Enables new integrations for WebAssembly in Python environments, potentially impacting AI development workflows that leverage Pyodide.

RANK_REASON This is a software release for a specific technical integration, not a frontier model or significant industry event.

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Simon Willison releases luau-wasm for Pyodide integration

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    luau-wasm 0.1a0

    <p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/luau-wasm/releases/tag/0.1a0">luau-wasm 0.1a0</a></p> <p>See <a href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/13/publishing-wasm-wheels/">Publishing WASM wheels to PyPI for use with Pyodide</a> for details.</p> <p>Tags: <…