Allen Wyma talks with DongYoon Kang aka kdy, creator of SWC, a Rust-based platform for creating fast developer tools. It’s used in existing projects such as Next.js, Parcel, and Deno.

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Timestamps* [@0:00] - Meet DongYoon Kang, creator of SWC, the Rust-based platform for the Web * [@1:54] - SWC creation & background * [@5:00] - Adoption by Deno, Next.js, and others * [@8:45] - Learning Rust and building SWC * [@11:14] - Community contributions and team structure * [@14:48] - Performance improvements with Chili * [@17:57] - SWC modules and supported languages * [@20:28] - Exploring Dart support * [@21:37] - Future plans for SWC

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Hosts: Allen Wyma