Why JavaScript Developers Should Embrace Rust
created on 2025-05-19, updated on 2025-05-19
As someone who’s spent years writing JavaScript—mastering callbacks, promises, and the ever-evolving npm ecosystem—stepping into Rust can feel like entering a different universe. But rather than viewing Rust’s strict compiler and ownership model as obstacles, you’ll find that your hard-won JavaScript skills give you a huge head start. Here’s how your JS background becomes an asset on the Rust journey—and why adding Rust to your toolkit will supercharge your development prowess. Familiar C-Styl...
JS/TS to Rust - My Personal Background
created on 2025-05-17, updated on 2025-05-19
Prologue From “Pure JavaScript” to Rust Evangelist I’m a self-taught (read: non-CS-major) developer who spent the first years of my career writing nothing but JavaScript. My original company even ran the entire stack—from browser UI to server logic to NoSQL—on plain JS. Back then, TypeScript was still an exotic tool whispered about by early-adopter colleagues overseas. When TypeScript finally became mainstream, It did seem like it was a little bit weird. It felt as if the language had papere...