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Re:Postgres WASM by simcop2387 on Monday October 03, 2022 @12:17PM (#33069598)
Chrome supports a USB api that could potentially work for that, https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/usb/

sadly though it's chrome only, not a standard of any kind (no other browsers support it that I know of). ESPHome can use it to program microcontrollers (along with the serial port support).

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Re:Postgres WASM by OJFord on Monday October 03, 2022 @06:39PM (#33074640)
Isn't that because it was explicitly rejected on grounds of security & privacy concerns, rather than 'oh if only others would be up with Google on implementing new features'?
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Re:Postgres WASM by MuffinFlavored on Monday October 03, 2022 @12:46PM (#33070071)
What about this: https://wicg.github.io/webusb/
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Re:Postgres WASM by rjh29 on Monday October 03, 2022 @12:45PM (#33070053)
> This API is part of the deprecated Chrome Apps platform. Learn more about migrating your app.

Classic Google...

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Re:Postgres WASM by lights0123 on Monday October 03, 2022 @12:56PM (#33070227)
That's the old one. https://web.dev/usb/ is the supported one.
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