Yes, but since Rust ecosystem went all in on async http, you'll have to use some niche http framework, and dumb CRUD code is not going to suffer too bad from as

Yes, but since Rust ecosystem went all in on async http, you'll have to use some niche http framework, and dumb CRUD code is not going to suffer too bad from async's limitations. I really wish there was a popular and community embraced blocking http framework in Rust, to tip the scales here a bit.