swernli

To be fair, as the author points out, they did it to themselves to get coverage to work on the project. The name means that WASM can be used in a big way on the web, but I appreciate the perspective that it’s applicable to way more than just the web. Even if the article title is definitely exaggerated for effect in service of that point.

The Azure Quantum website has some good resources for learning about what’s required for performing error corrected runs of Shor’s algorithm in order to defeat current cryptographic schemes: https://quantum.microsoft.com/en-us/tools/quantum-cryptograp...

You can also try a small scale simulation of Shor’s algorithm and a resource estimation sample in the interactive playground available via VS Code for Web: https://vscode.dev/quantum/playground/

Hi Austin, nice to see you on here! Glad you find it useful. If you want to try out the VSCode.dev experience too, check out https://vscode.dev/quantum/playground/. Let us know what you think!

An alternative to this that also runs in the browser is the Azure Quantum katas at https://quantum.microsoft.com/en-us/experience/quantum-katas. It has an introduction to quantum computing concepts with exercises in Q# you can evaluate in the browser, as well as a quantum focused Copilot you can use with login.

(Full disclosure: I work on the team that builds the developer tools for Q#)

Fair point, but still nothing compared to OS development, where you usually can't release a new version without having to worry about people trying to run it on 10 year old computers and everyone expecting entrenched, old enterprise software that uses all APIs you wish you could deprecate to continue working flawlessly. A lot of developers can't have the luxury of using the latest and greatest tech because they have to worry about existing customers. They can't start from scratch without upending existing revenue streams.