Rust in Production
by Matthias Endler
Latest episode
RustRover with Orhun Parmaksız
RustRover with Orhun Parmaksız
About this podcast
This is "Rust in Production", a podcast about companies who use Rust to shape the future of infrastructure. We follow their journey in pursuit of more reliable and efficient software as they solve some of the most challenging technical problems in the world.
Each episode dives deep into real-world applications of Rust, showcasing how this powerful systems programming language is revolutionizing the way we build and maintain critical infrastructure. From startups to tech giants, we explore the diverse landscape of organizations leveraging Rust's unique features to create safer, faster, and more scalable systems.
Our guests share their experiences, challenges, and triumphs in adopting Rust for production environments. Listen in as we discuss topics such as concurrent programming, memory safety, performance optimization, and how Rust's ownership model contributes to building robust software systems. Whether you're a seasoned Rust developer, an infrastructure engineer, or a tech leader considering Rust for your next project, "Rust in Production" offers valuable insights and practical knowledge.
Release Schedule
"Rust in Production" releases new episodes every other Thursday at 4 PM UTC. Our podcast is structured into seasons, each featuring a diverse range of companies and experts in the Rust ecosystem. Recent episodes have included:
- Season 2: Interviews with representatives from System76, Fusion Engineering, OxidOS, Matic, Thunderbird, AMP, and curl.
- Season 1: Conversations with leaders from Sentry, Tweede Golf, Arroyo, Apollo, PubNub, and InfluxData.
What You'll Learn
- Real-world case studies of Rust implementation in production environments
- Insights into how companies overcome technical challenges using Rust
- Best practices for adopting Rust in various infrastructure contexts
- The impact of Rust on software reliability, efficiency, and scalability
- Future trends in systems programming and infrastructure development
Join us as we uncover the latest trends in Rust development, explore best practices for using Rust in production, and examine how this language is addressing some of the most pressing issues in modern software engineering. From web services and databases to embedded systems and cloud infrastructure, we cover the full spectrum of Rust's impact on the tech industry.
Episodes
The newest 50 of 51 episodes
- RustRover with Orhun Parmaksız · 53 min · Episode 50Welcome to the final episode of this season of Rust in Production. My guest is Orhun Parmaksız from JetBrains, and we talk about building developer tools with Rust. JetBrains is…
- Rust Foundation with Bec Rumbul, Lori Lorusso, and David Wood · 55 min · Episode 49Most Rust developers use the language, compiler, package registry, and tooling every day without thinking too much about the organization that helps keep parts of that ecosystem…
- Rising with Dylan Brown · 43 min · Episode 48Most Rust in Production stories are about scale and performance. This one is a story about low-cost phones and patchy mobile connections in Africa, where a student is learning…
- ClickHouse with Alexey Milovidov and Austin Bonander · 1 h 0 min · Episode 47There's a particular kind of pressure that comes with maintaining software at the very bottom of someone else's stack. ClickHouse lives in exactly that spot: roughly 1.5 million…
- Veo with Anders Hellerup Madsen and Gorm Casper · 1 h 12 min · Episode 46I don't know about you, but to me there are few things as interesting as the hardware/software interface: the point where carefully written code meets the messy, physical world…
- Rust for Linux with Alice Ryhl and Greg Kroah-Hartman · 51 min · Episode 45Hot off the press: this episode is a live recording from Rust Week in Utrecht, just two days ago. On stage with me are two people who hardly need an introduction in the Linux…
- NLnet Labs with Arya Khanna and Martin Hoffmann · 1 h 21 min · Episode 44Every time you load a website, send an email, or update an app, you're quietly relying on a handful of unglamorous services that route your packets to the right place: DNS to…
- Helsing with Jon Gjengset · 1 h 33 min · Episode 43Jon Gjengset is one of the most recognizable names in the Rust community, the author of Rust for Rustaceans, a prolific live-streamer, and a long-time contributor to the Rust…
- Cloudsmith with Cian Butler · 1 h 15 min · Episode 42Rust adoption can be loud, like when companies such as Microsoft, Meta, and Google announce their use of Rust in high-profile projects. But there are countless smaller teams…
- Gama Space with Sebastian Scholz · 59 min · Episode 41Space exploration demands software that is reliable, efficient, and able to operate in the harshest environments imaginable. When a spacecraft deploys a solar sail millions of…
- Radar with Jeff Kao · 1 h 3 min · Episode 40Radar processes billions of location events daily, powering geofencing and location APIs for companies like Uber, Lyft, and thousands of other apps. When their existing…
- Holiday Episode · 29 min · Episode 39As we close the chapter on 2025 and celebrate our second year of 'Rust in Production', it's time to reflect on the highlights of the 17 episodes since our last holiday special…
- Rust4Linux with Danilo Krummrich · 1 h 1 min · Episode 38Bringing Rust into the Linux kernel is one of the most ambitious modernization efforts in open source history. The Linux kernel, with its decades of C code and deeply ingrained…
- Canonical with Jon Seager · 58 min · Episode 37What does it take to rewrite the foundational components of one of the world's most popular Linux distributions? Ubuntu serves over 12 million daily desktop users alone, and the…
- Roc with Richard Feldman · 1 h 3 min · Episode 36Building a new programming language from scratch is a monumental undertaking. In this episode, we talk to Richard Feldman, creator of the Roc programming language, about building…
- Cloudflare with Edward Wang & Kevin Guthrie · 1 h 8 min · Episode 35How do you build a system that handles 90 million requests per second? That's the scale that Cloudflare operates at, processing roughly 25% of all internet traffic through their…
- Scythe with Andrew Tinka · 59 min · Episode 34Building autonomous robots that operate safely in the real world is one of the most challenging engineering problems today. When those robots carry sharp blades and work around…
- Prime Video with Alexandru Ene · 1 h 19 min · Episode 33Are you one of over 240 million subscribers of Amazon's Prime Video service? If so, you might be surprised to learn that much of the infrastructure behind Prime Video is built…
- Season 4 Finale · 20 min · Episode 32It’s time for another recap including our highlights of Season 4. We’ve been at this for a while now (four seasons, and 32 episodes to be exact). We had guests from a wide range…
- KSAT with Vegard Sandengen · 47 min · Episode 31As a kid, I was always fascinated by space tech. That fascination has only grown as I've learned more about the engineering challenges involved in space exploration. In this…
- 1Password with Andrew Burkhart · 1 h 3 min · Episode 30Handling secrets is extremely hard. You have to keep them safe (obviously), while at the same time you need to integrate with a ton of different systems and always provide a…
- Tembo with Adam Hendel · 49 min · Episode 29In today's episode, I talk to Adam Hendel, the founding engineer of Tembo, about their project, PGMQ, and how it came to be. We discuss the design decisions behind job queues…
- Rust with Niko Matsakis · 57 min · Episode 28Few developers have been as influential to my career as Niko Matsakis. Of course he is a world-class engineer with a PhD from ETH Zürich, a Rust core maintainer who has been…
- uv with Charlie Marsh · 1 h 16 min · Episode 27Up until a few years ago, Python tooling was a nightmare: basic tasks like installing packages or managing Python versions was a pain. The tools were brittle and did not work…
- Svix with Tom Hacohen · 1 h 10 min · Episode 26We don't usually think much about Webhooks -- at least I don't. It's just web requests after all, right? In reality, there is a lot of complexity behind routing webhook requests…
- Microsoft with Victor Ciura · 1 h 13 min · Episode 25Victor Ciura is a veteran C++ developer who worked on Visual C++ and the Clang Power Tools. In this first episode of season 4, we talk to him about large-scale Rust adoption at…
- Season 3 Finale · 31 min · Episode 24Sit back, get a warm beverage and look back at the highlights of Season 3 with us. We've been at this for a while now (three seasons, one year, and 24 episodes to be exact). We…
- Volvo with Julius Gustavsson · 1 h 9 min · Episode 23The car industry is not known for its rapid adoption of new technologies. Therefore, it's even more exciting to see a company like Volvo Cars embracing Rust for core components…
- Brave with Anton Lazarev · 57 min · Episode 22Web browsers today face increasing demands for both performance and privacy. At Brave, they're tackling both challenges head-on with their Rust-based ad-blocking engine. This…
- Holiday Special · 28 min · Episode 21While we try not to get too sentimental, celebrating one year of 'Rust in Production' alongside the holiday season feels like a perfect occasion to reflect. For this special…
- Zoo with Jessie Frazelle · 1 h 5 min · Episode 20Think about this: software engineers have modern code editors, parallel processing, continuous integration, and countless tools that make their work efficient. But hardware…
- GitButler with Scott Chacon and Kiril Videlov · 1 h 22 min · Episode 19Version control is a critical part of any modern software project and git is the most popular tool for the job. But it can be complex and confusing, especially for beginners…
- Oxide with Steve Klabnik · 1 h 54 min · Episode 18What's even cooler than writing your own text editor or your own operating system? Building your own hardware from scratch with all the software written in Rust -- including…
- InfinyOn with Deb Chowdhury · 57 min · Episode 17Picture this: Your organization's data infrastructure resembles a busy kitchen with too many cooks. You're juggling Kafka for messaging, Flink for processing, Spark for…
- Zed with Conrad Irwin · 1 h 3 min · Episode 16Next to writing their own operating system, another dream shared by many developers is building their own text editor. Conrad Irwin, a software engineer at Zed, is doing just…
- Season 2 Finale · 24 min · Episode 15As we approach the finale of our second season, it's time for another recap. Could we shed some light on the current state of Rust's usage in the industry? What has changed in…
- System76 with Jeremy Soller · 1 h 33 min · Episode 14Many devs dream of one day writing their own operating system. Ideally in their favorite language: Rust. For many of us, this dream remains just that: a dream. Jeremy Soller…
- Fusion Engineering with Jakub Valtar · 56 min · Episode 13Rust can run everywhere, and by everywhere, we don't just mean on all operating systems, but also in all kinds of harsh environments: from the depths of the ocean to the vastness…
- OxidOS with Alexandru Radovici · 1 h 9 min · Episode 12It has become a trope by now: "Cars are computers on wheels." In modern cars, not only the infotainment system but also the engine, brakes, and steering wheel are controlled by…
- Matic with Eric Seppanen · 1 h 24 min · Episode 11The idea of smart robots automating away boring household chores sounds enticing, yet these devices rarely work as advertised: they get stuck, they break down, or are security…
- Thunderbird with Brendan Abolivier · 1 h 3 min · Episode 10There are probably only a handful of open-source projects that had a bigger impact on the world than Mozilla Thunderbird. The email client has been around for over two decades…
- AMP with Carter Schultz · 1 h 9 min · Episode 9Imagine you're faced with the challenge to build a system that can handle billions of recyclable items per year with the goal of being better than a human at identifying what can…
- curl with Daniel Stenberg · 1 h 14 min · Episode 8In the season premier we talk to none other than Daniel Stenberg! We focus on integrating Rust modules in curl, their benefits, ways in which Rust and Rust crates helped improve…
- Season 1 Finale · 38 min · Episode 7In this episode of Rust in Production, we reflect on the inaugural season, sharing insights from companies pioneering with Rust to shape the future of infrastructure. Starting…
- Sentry with Arpad Borsos · 1 h 16 min · Episode 6In an ever-expanding world of microservices, APIs, and devices, maintaining an overview of application states and the myriad errors that can occur is challenging. For years…
- Tweede Golf with Folkert de Vries · 1 h 13 min · Episode 5Have you ever wondered how computers stay in sync with the time? That is the responsibility of the Network Time Protocol (NTP). Around since 1985, NTP is one of the oldest…
- Arroyo with Micah Wylde · 57 min · Episode 4In this episode, we have Micah Wylde from Arroyo as our guest. Micah introduces us to Arroyo, a real-time data processing engine that simplifies stream processing for data…
- Apollo with Nicolas Moutschen · 1 h 1 min · Episode 3In this episode, Nicolas, a staff software engineer at Apollo GraphQL, discusses the company's use of GraphQL API technologies. Apollo GraphQL specializes in open-source…
- PubNub with Stephen Blum · 59 min · Episode 2In this episode, we are joined by Steven, the CTO of PubNub, a company that has developed an edge net messaging network with over a billion connected devices. Steven explains…
- InfluxData with Paul Dix · 1 h 9 min · Episode 1For our very first episode, we welcome a special guest, Paul Dix, the CTO of InfluxData. He starts by giving us an overview of InfluxDB, an open source time series database used…
