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


Credits

Intro Theme: Aerocity

Audio Editing: Mainmatter

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset

Show Notes: Mainmatter

Hosts: Marco Otte-Witte

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