Rob Ede, lead maintainer of Actix Web, explains to Marco Otte-Witte how (and why) Kraken chose to migrate their microservices to Rust.
They also discuss Rust’s web development ecosystem at large, with a particular focus on Actix Web: Rob shares his view on how improvements in the language and framework space will eventually lead to a future where web development in Rust can be as approachable as web development in Javascript.
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Timestamps & referenced resources* [@00:00] - Introduction + Video recording of the interview * [@00:36] - Start of the interview * [@01:26] - What is Actix Web? * [@06:34] - Kraken’s migration from Java to Rust * [@10:09] - Benefits of Rust adoption at Kraken * [@12:48] - Rust vs Java * [@15:42] - Future improvements for Actix Web * [@21:15] - Do Rust users become contributors? * [@24:08] - The future of Rust and Actix Web * [@30:46] - Recommendations for adopting Rust * [@31:37] - Conclusion
CreditsIntro Theme: Aerocity
Audio Editing: Mainmatter
Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset
Show Notes: Mainmatter
Hosts: Marco Otte-Witte