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I don’t find the overhead of Rust to bad for web apps. Saying that I used to write web apps using EJB’s, JSP’s, Apache Struts although have also used NodeJS, va
by tiew9Vii 4y ago
I don’t find the overhead of Rust to bad for web apps. Saying that I used to write web apps using EJB’s, JSP’s, Apache Struts although have also used NodeJS, various Jamstacks and PHP frameworks, Rails and a bunch of others extensively.
At the web level the biggest pain I have is the dev workflow isn’t as nice as the Jamstacks with hot reloading so you can see visual changes immediately in the browser. If doing backend for front end this pain goes away if front end is some NodeJs / php or other app.
Why is my preference now Rust? It’s fast and low on system resources. It means I can run my apps at a fraction of the cost compared to other languages. I can package my app in a Docker container that’s single digit MB’s. It’s not that to low level to be an inconvenience and high enough level to be reasonably productive. Being strongly typed and being able to find bugs with the compiler also helps.