You're already hinting at why it doesn't make sense to you:
> from what I understand WASM offers from pretty big performance boost over JS and I think that is really where it will shine.
That's exactly the problem WASM was designed to solve. It wasn't meant to solve the perceived problem of a fractured development landscape, it was meant to achieve near-native performance on the web.
> from what I understand WASM offers from pretty big performance boost over JS and I think that is really where it will shine.
That's exactly the problem WASM was designed to solve. It wasn't meant to solve the perceived problem of a fractured development landscape, it was meant to achieve near-native performance on the web.