Fable 5 Ported the Ladybird Browser to WebAssembly in One Shot and It Cost $552

ent101 22 points 10 comments June 11, 2026
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colesantiago

If this is true, software is essentially worthless.

gjvc

nonsense. way too cheap. add a couple/few of zeros and maybe.

_wire_

What was the human operator cost? How was the port verified as complete?

ronsor

A WASM browser is cool for general portability reasons. Right now porting browsers to bespoke targets is a major PITA, even for WebKit.

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