Building Cloud-native Applications with Rust - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Explore the advantages and challenges of using Rust for cloud-native application development in this 22-minute conference talk from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2021. Discover why companies like TrueLayer are choosing Rust over established languages such as Java, C#, Python, and Golang for building APIs and message consumers. Learn about Rust's strengths in composition, state machines, and predictable performance, as well as its potential limitations for backend development. Gain insights into the ecosystem's maturity, executor compatibility issues, and the availability of learning resources. Understand the implications of rewriting browser components in Rust and the impact on compile times. Evaluate whether Rust is a viable option for your cloud-native projects by examining the good, the bad, and the ugly aspects of this emerging language in the cloud computing landscape.

Intro
Why Rust?
Implications of Rewriting a Browser Component in Rust
Composition without "surprises"
State Machines
Predictable performance
Compile times
1. Ecosystem maturity
Executor (in)compatibility
Intermediate learning resources
ZERO TO PRODUCTION IN RUST