Sonny Scroggin, a member of the Rustler Core Team and an expert in high-performance applications, joins Sundi Myint and Charles Suggs for an engaging discussion. They explore the seamless integration of Rust and Elixir, focusing on Native Implemented Functions (NIFs) for CPU-intensive tasks. Sonny shares insights on when to use NIFs versus other approaches, emphasizing Rust's memory safety. Exciting future developments for Rustler, including asynchronous NIF interfaces, are highlighted, alongside the enduring strengths of Elixir's dynamic model.
