fix(web): prevent wasm optimization from breaking startup

[timcogan]

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Build & Deployment

  • Web builds now publish the generated WebAssembly output directly, providing consistent results between local and Pages builds.
  • Removed the additional WebAssembly optimization step from automated deployments.

• Documentation

  • Updated local build guidance to reflect the streamlined WebAssembly build process.

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📥 Commits

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📒 Files selected for processing (3)

• .github/workflows/pages.yml
• RELEASE.md
• scripts/build-web-demo.sh

💤 Files with no reviewable changes (1)

• .github/workflows/pages.yml

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The web build now publishes unoptimized wasm-bindgen output directly. The Pages workflow no longer installs Binaryen, and RELEASE.md documents the matching local and Pages build behavior.

Changes

WASM build output

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Publish direct wasm-bindgen output scripts/build-web-demo.sh	The script hashes and installs the original wasm-bindgen WASM file without wasm-opt fallback handling.
Align Pages workflow and documentation .github/workflows/pages.yml, RELEASE.md	The Pages workflow no longer installs Binaryen. The release documentation describes equivalent local and Pages modules.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• timcogan/perspecta#12: Introduced the Pages workflow modified by this pull request.
• timcogan/perspecta#110: Introduced the build script and documentation updated by this pull request.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Description check	⚠️ Warning	No pull request description was provided, so the required summary, testing, screenshots, and checklist information is missing.	Add the required sections, describe the WASM change, record testing results, and complete the checklist.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the web WASM optimization fix and its startup impact.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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