Everything is Rust.
Try out Cursor! It's so good. https://jetty.to/cursor
So Rust is over 10 years old. Nothing about the language fundamentally changed this year. But more companies than ever have been switching to Rust, even those that had a full plan to do so just a few years ago but shelved the idea... until now.
I wanted to really understand why all of this is happening right now, all at the same time. So I dug into every one of these rewrites (not everything is listed here - I went over way more that you'll learn about in the video):
- Why Meta ported their type checker to Rust when other languages would've been easier.
- What actually happened with the Bun rewrite (now that Jarred finally released the blog post).
- How companies like Linear got massive performance boosts without writing a single line of Rust.
- Why every major AI lab keeps choosing Rust.
- Updates on last year's stories (including the conclusion to the Linux kernel/Rust drama).
- And way more so I could find a real pattern.
So that's what this video's about. And once you see what it is, which is actually two things, and why it's happening... well it kind of changes how you think about potential rewrite decisions moving forward - and with this entire industry shift towards Rust - deciding whether or not to just build your new project in Rust to begin with.
Videos mentioned:
The Bun Rewrite (Zig → Rust): https://youtu.be/2AqwehBu84w
Claude Fable 5: https://youtu.be/2kObwHxHILQ
Big Tech AI Layoffs: https://youtu.be/7QKcphdM5Cw
The X Algorithm Rewrite: https://youtu.be/-8JOlCvA4Qs
Last year's Rust video: https://youtu.be/meEXag1XCFw
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