Topics:

• Deciding when to use Rust
• Concurrency in Rust
• When to create a separate service
• Introducing Rust at Sentry
• Challenges of writing Python modules in Rust
• Creating Symbolicator, a Rust web service that processes debug files
• Using Actix to create Symbolicator
• Why Rust doesn't need a Django or Rails equivalent
• Concerns about the stability of the Rust ecosystem and the lack of shared solutions
• What's missing in the Rust ecosystem
• Why developers need better debugging tools

If you're interested in helping Armin build an open source debugging community, reach out to him via e-mail or twitter.

This episode is part of the Rustacean Station feed. Check it out if you're interested in Rust podcasts.

Links:

• Armin's Twitter
• Armin's Blog
• Sentry
• Actix
• Rocket
• Building Sentry: Symbolicator
• Symbolicator
• Semaphore
• Milksnake
• Wasmer
• Existential Types
• Tokio Tower
• RFC to add Backtraces to standard error
• Future
• Erlang

Show timestamps:

• 0:37 - What got you interested in Rust?
• 2:19 - Abstraction with good performance in Rust vs Python
• 4:11 - Rust doesn't need asynchronous code
• 5:31 - Building thread safe applications
• 6:26 - What excited you about using Rust?
• 8:20 - Sentry
• 11:02 - Introducing Rust to Sentry
• 13:10 - Anything easier to write in Rust vs Python?
• 16:14 - Writing extensions vs writing services
• 19:22 - Flow of sending a minidump to Symbolicator
• 21:56 - Symbolicator makes sense as a service
• 23:26 - Building a better debugging world
• 24:33 - More things symbolicator does
• 25:27 - What's Milksnake
• 28:04 - Other ways to embed Rust in Python
• 30:08 - Why use Actix for Symbolicator?
• 34:44 - Is it too early to write web applications?
• 37:30 - What would you do differently in hindsight?
• 42:20 - Don't want a Django or Rails
• 43:58 - When to write a web application?
• 47:34 - What do you wish existed in Rust?
• 49:57 - Game backends
• 51:44 - Anything else?
• 53:26 - Why companies aren't using Rust for web development
• 54:23 - Why async/await is not the only blocker for web development
• 56:43 - Resources for web development in Rust
• 58:24 - Wrap Up