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Discussion on: What are your biggest obstacles/questions for moving from NodeJS to Rust?

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Async await delay in getting an implementation out is having a negative effect on the crate ecosystem. Some are waiting for it to stabalixe while others are requiring nightly rust. The split reminds me of the OCaml Lwt vs. async split in slowing down the ecosystem and doing real damage.

Node is fast enough. Typescript is good enough, sharing typescript definitions across the stack is a big win I would need to give up. Memory savings aren’t often needed, it’s the Java and database apps taking 90% of RAM.

What is the real gain of rust? How much safer is it than typescript in a way I’ll notice in a line of business server app. If you were comparing to Ruby there might be a better case.