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
- [@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
