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benefits of building a startup with the Rust programming language 🦀

If you're looking for a language to build your startup's backend with, you should definitely consider Rust. Here are some of the benefits that Rust can offer:

  1. Rust is extremely fast and efficient. This is due to its unique ownership and borrowing system, which ensures that data is always accessed in a safe and efficient manner.

  2. Rust is very reliable. This is because it uses a type system to enforce memory safety, which prevents common programming errors that can lead to crashes and data loss. This could be essential for your business to right more efficient code.

  3. Rust is very easy to learn. This is because its syntax is very similar to that of C++, making it easy for experienced C++ programmers to pick up.

  4. Rust is very well-supported. There is a large and active community of Rust developers who are always willing to help out newcomers. here are a few links to the other incredibly helpful discord communities:

https://discord.com/channels/273534239310479360/273541522815713281
https://discord.gg/xV3nzXvZ
https://discord.com/channels/273534239310479360/273541522815713281

  1. Rust is very versatile. It can be used for a wide variety of applications, from web development to system programming.

If you are completely new to rust here are some great books to read to get familiar with Rust , Concurrency, Micro-services as well:
https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/
the physical copy ^https://www.amazon.com/Rust-Programming-Language-Steve-Klabnik/dp/1593278284

concurrency with rust
https://www.amazon.com/Hands-Concurrency-Rust-Confidently-memory-safe/dp/1788399978/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3THNH5JJX1PPE&keywords=concurrency+with+rust&qid=1665587603&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjAwIiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&s=books&sprefix=concurrency+with+rust%2Cstripbooks%2C70&sr=1-1

microservices with rust
https://www.amazon.com/Hands-Microservices-Rust-scalable-microservices-ebook/dp/B07GVNZL4G/ref=sr_1_1?crid=35CAE186BNLA9&keywords=microservices+with+rust&qid=1665587638&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjAwIiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&s=books&sprefix=microservices+with+rust%2Cstripbooks%2C61&sr=1-1

If you're looking for a language that will help you build a successful startup, Rust is definitely worth considering.

note:

There is no one "great" language that is better than all others for startups. The language you choose should be based on the problem you're trying to solve and how well the language fits that problem. Other factors to consider include the ecosystem supporting the language and the availability of experienced developers.

Im looking for other rust developers (all exp levels) who are also indiehackers to join up and see how other folks journey in IH with rust. You don't need a startup just some hustle, join here:
https://www.indiehackers.com/group/rust-developers-ih

on October 12, 2022
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