[Rust Q2] Avoid reading .wasm binaries in async tasks
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	cmassaro
	Sep 17 2025, 7:08 PM

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Rust limits file I/O to the main thread, causing contention if multiple worker threads want to read a file. Therefore, instead of reading the .wasm binaries each time we spin up a new task, we should instead read the contents of the .wasm files ONCE and store them locally so that worker threads can simply borrow them.

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no more file I/O initiated by worker threads

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