Rust is also pretty attractive for use in AWS Lambda and Google Cloud Functions. It's ability to strictly control memory usage and make the most of CPU resource

Rust is also pretty attractive for use in AWS Lambda and Google Cloud Functions. It's ability to strictly control memory usage and make the most of CPU resources is really powerful in an environment where you're billed based on memory and CPU time. If you've got a particularly hot lambda function, rewriting it in Rust is a pretty simple way to save a bunch of money.