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World Congress 2026 Europe • Jul 9, 2026 • Session details

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

Vitaly Bragilevsky

Why are engineering teams skipping full system rewrites to incrementally adopt Rust? Discover how training existing developers and leveraging AI drastically slashes cloud compute bills.

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#1 about 8 min

Understanding the demographics of global Rust developers

Survey data reveals the geography, primary programming languages, and backend infrastructure focus of the growing developer base.

#2 about 5 min

Translating memory safety into concrete business value

Built-in application stability and reduced resource consumption directly lower organizational maintenance and infrastructure costs.

#3 about 4 min

Navigating top-down and bottom-up adoption paths

Understanding the differing dynamics of championing technology from grassroots enthusiast prototypes versus top-down executive mandates.

#4 about 5 min

Common architectural patterns for migrating to Rust

Organizations incrementally migrate existing backend systems into Rust using bridged modules, proxy sidecars, and targeted component rewrites.

#5 about 2 min

Training existing engineering teams over external hiring

Upskilling internal engineers in new language paradigms proves significantly more efficient and reliable than attempting to recruit specialized external talent.

#6 about 5 min

Overcoming integration hurdles and ecosystem maturity gaps

AI coding assistants and certified toolchains help bridge technical gaps when dealing with strict learning curves and complex legacy runtime integrations.

#7 about 3 min

Leveraging Rust as a target for AI code generation

Strict compiler constraints effectively limit AI hallucination, making the language exceptionally stable for automated code generation workflows.

#8 about 2 min

Collaborating through the new Rust commercial network

A free industry forum now connects commercial enterprises with core language maintainers to share resources and advance overall ecosystem maturity.

Matching moments

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Exploring the rise of industry adoption trends for Rust

Marco Otte-Witte · World Congress 2023

9:46 min

Exploring the rising adoption and versatility of Rust

Chris Heilmann Chris Heilmann +2 · LIVE

2:27 min

Exploring Rust for cloud and web services

Patrick Koss Patrick Koss · World Congress 2024

2:40 min

Why learning Rust offers strategic advantages for web developers

Francesco Ciulla Francesco Ciulla · Coffee With Developers

54 sec

Shifting focus to Rust for web backend development

Marco Otte-Witte · World Congress 2023

2:03 min

Navigating the essential components of the Rust web ecosystem

Marco Otte-Witte · World Congress 2023

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