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# Rust in the Real World: Adoption, Migration, and Tradeoffs


- **Date:** Thursday, Jul 9, 2026
- **Time:** 16:10–16:40 (30 min)
- **Room:** Stage 7
- **Event:** World Congress 2026 Europe

## Recording

[Watch recording](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100147-rust-in-the-real-world-adoption-migration-and-tradeoffs)

## Description

An overview of how Rust is adopted in real engineering organizations, covering common adoption paths, migration strategies, and typical challenges teams face. The session examines the benefits Rust brings in production, the tradeoffs involved, and practical criteria for deciding where Rust is an appropriate choice and where it is not.

## Speaker

### [Vitaly Bragilevsky](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@vitaly-bragilevsky)

Head of Rust Ecosystem at JetBrains


## Related talks at this congress

- [You Will Migrate Eventually: A developer approach to technology adoption](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/977-you-will-migrate) — Luisa Rink, Wouter Ligtenberg
- [An Opinionated Guide to Bulletproof APIs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1209-an-opinionated-guide) — Rustam Mehmandarov
- [Rust on Robots: Hands-on Embedded Rust on STM32](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/942-rust-on-robots-hands) — Robert Jeutter
- [When Agents Meet Legacy: Never Change a Running System](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1364-when-agents-meet) — Michael Friedrich