Rob Ede, lead maintainer of Actix Web, explains to Marco Otte-Witte how (and why) Kraken chose to migrate their microservices to Rust. They also discuss Rust’s web development ecosystem at large, with a particular focus on Actix Web: Rob shares his view on how improvements in the language and framework space will eventually lead to a future where web development in Rust can be as approachable as web development in Javascript. Contributing to Rustacean Station Rustacean Station is a community project; get in touch with us if you’d like to suggest an idea for an episode or offer your services as a host or audio editor! Twitter: @rustaceanfm Discord: Rustacean Station Github: @rustacean-station Email: hello@rustacean-station.org Timestamps & referenced resources [@00:00] - Introduction Video recording of the interview [@00:36] - Start of the interview [@01:26] - What is Actix Web? [@06:34] - Kraken’s migration from Java to Rust [@10:09] - Benefits of Rust adoption at Kraken [@12:48] - Rust vs Java [@15:42] - Future improvements for Actix Web [@21:15] - Do Rust users become contributors? [@24:08] - The future of Rust and Actix Web [@30:46] - Recommendations for adopting Rust [@31:37] - Conclusion Credits Intro Theme: Aerocity Audio Editing: Mainmatter Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset Show Notes: Mainmatter Hosts: Marco Otte-Witte