Enabling in-browser scientific computing with Wasm: David Kircos of Quadratic

On this WasmAssembly podcast episode, host Thomas Steiner speaks with David Kircos from Quadratic. They discuss how Quadratic's spreadsheet utilizes WebAssembly to enable scientific computing directly in the browser, leveraging tools like Pyodide, pandas, and numpy. The conversation also covers practical challenges such as bundling large-scale Wasm applications, exploring browser limitations, and Quadratic's integration of AI. Chapters: 0:00 - Welcoming David Kircos from Quadratic 1:07 - What Quadratic is and what it does 3:24 - Rendering the cell grid with WebGL 6:58 - Where Quadratic uses Wasm and what for 11:39 - Code cells powered by Wasm 15:09 - Limitations for what you can do in the browser 19:27 - Massive scientific calculations in the browser 21:06 - Quadratic and the Memory64 proposal 25:25 - AI in code cells (with local LLMS?) 29:50 - AI at the spreadsheet level 33:45 - More programming languages in Quadratic 38:07 - Database integrations and SQLite Wasm 40:11 - Self-hosting Quadratic 42:47 - Wasm, but not Resources: David Kircos on LinkedIn → https://goo.gle/4jcpQg6 Building on the modern web app architecture → https://goo.gle/4hPpcnH Pyodide → https://goo.gle/445YEv9 Pandas → https://goo.gle/4ldvkcp Numpy → https://goo.gle/3E1qSNb Esbuild-wasm → https://goo.gle/4hRqNJL Using JavaScript in a spreadsheet → https://goo.gle/3XIRk4W Making API requests from your spreadsheets → https://goo.gle/3FQQPja Quadratic Python roadmap: building a spreadsheet developers love → https://goo.gle/446dLot ES module integration proposal → https://goo.gle/3C8wd3L AI spreadsheets are here: Quadratic + GPT → https://goo.gle/4hZpFUB Database connectors → https://goo.gle/3QXMs8g SQLite Wasm → https://goo.gle/3FSn3dW Quadratic's GitHub organization → https://goo.gle/4jhWqNY Watch more WasmAssembly → https://goo.gle/WasmAssembly Subscribe to Chrome for Developers → https://goo.gle/ChromeDevs #WebAssembly #Wasm #cloudphone #cloudfone #cloudmosa #ChromeForDevelope