Kevin Guthrie

Kevin Guthrie and Edward Wang from Cloudflare discuss their groundbreaking Rust-based proxy, Pingora, which processes an astonishing 90 million requests per second. They explain why Rust was chosen for its memory safety and performance advantages over NGINX. The duo shares insights into the technical challenges of migrating from established systems and the importance of community contributions. Additionally, they highlight Pingora's evolution, efficiency gains, and the innovative tools that assisted in its development, showcasing how Rust is shaping the future of high-performance network services.