Allen Wyma talks with Adam Chalmers, software engineer at Cloudflare which is a global network of servers located around the world that uses Rust to help power and secure the internet.
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Timestamps* [@0:00] - Introduction to Cloudflare * [@3:57] - Cloudflare’s edge computing * [@7:56] - Running Rust binary on Cloudflare * [@10:36] - Adams’ background and work history * [@15:12] - How does Cloudflare provide web security? * [@32:30] - Cloudflare’s transition and rewriting from C to Rust * [@37:12] - Cloudflare’s data plane and control plane * [@43:00] - Hacking and security issues on Apple and other devices * [@50:56] - How does Cloudflare handle onboarding people to Rust * [@1:00:09] - The importance of Rust’s performance and reliability for Cloudflare * [@1:05:07] - Parting thoughts
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Hosts: Allen Wyma