Rust at Work with Ran Reichman Co-Founder and CEO of Flarion
Gábor Szabó talks with Ran Reichman, Co-Founder and CEO of Flarion, a company building high-performance data processing systems using Rust.
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Timestamps & referenced resources
[@0:00] - The Code-Maven live meeting series on Rust at Work.
[@1:03] - Welcome to Ran Reichman, Co-Founder and CEO of Flarion.
Talpiot program
Wiz, About Wiz
[@3:19] - When did you start using Rust?
[@3:58] - Why did you think that Rust is good for this start-up company? And has it proven to be?
Polars
Apache Data Fusion
[@5:43] - Inviting the audience in the live conversation to ask questions in the chat.
[@6:22] - Have you considered other languages?
[@7:02] - What kind of Rust developers do you work with?
[@8:23] - Is any part of Flarion open source? Is it on GitHub?
[@9:22] - How do you handle the hundreds of open source dependencies of Flarion?
[@12:13] - Have you considered sponsoring open source developers? Bug bounties?
[@13:23] - What do you mainly do with Rust?
Scala
Apache Spark
Python
Ray
JNI
[@14:38] - Besides Rust, what other programming languages do you use?
[@15:18] - Do you expect new joiners to know Rust, or can they learn on the job?
[@17:44] - Are there parts of Rust that you avoid using?
[@18:41] - How easy for you to recruit developers?
[@20:56] - What are resources you recommend for people learning Rust?
The Rust book
[@25:04] - Do you have any suggestions for someone who’d like to move from web dev to Rust/C/etc.?
[@27:01] - What should I do to increase my chances of being hired?
Proof of work
[@36:11] - How do you evaluate your decision to use Rust?
[@37:19] - What are the good and bad parts of Rust and its ecosystem?
[@42:05] - Home assignments where candidates fix issues in open source projects
[@43:18] - Debuging distributed and high-performance use cases
Tracy Frame profiler
[@46:35] - What is your experience using AI tools writing Rust code?
Claude
ChatGPT
Deep Seek R1
[@49:45] - What would you tell other founders, CTOs, and technology manager considering Rust?
[@51:43] - What is next for Flarion?
Flarion on Linkedin for available jobs.
Credits
Intro Theme: Aerocity
Audio Editing: Gábor Szabó
Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset
Show Notes: Gábor Szabó
Hosts: Gábor Szabó
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56:47
What's New in Rust 1.79 and 1.80
Jon and Ben discuss the highlights of the 1.79 and 1.80 releases of Rust.
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Timestamps & referenced resources
[@01:02] - Rust 1.79
[@01:02] - Inline const expressions
[@08:33] - Bounds in associated type position
[@14:11] - Extending automatic temporary lifetime extension
Mara’s blog post on temporary lifetimes
[@21:55] - Frame pointers enabled in standard library builds
Does omitting the frame pointer really affect performance?
[@25:37] - Stabilized APIs
[@25:37] - {integer}::unchecked_add
[@27:39] - <*const [T]>::len
[@29:21] - <[u8]>::utf8_chunks
[@31:21] - CStr::count_bytes
[@32:41] - num::NonZero<T>
[@36:30] - io::Error::downcast
[@36:50] - path::absolute
[@38:18] - Changelog deep-dive
[@38:31] - Stabilize WASM target features that are in phase 4 and 5
[@39:15] - Document overrides of clone_from() in core/std
[@41:46] - Switch to using gitoxide by default for listing files in cargo
[@43:03] - Stabilize lint unnameable_types
[@44:46] - manual_clamp lint
[@45:46] - Rust 1.80
[@46:09] - LazyCell and LazyLock
[@53:42] - Checked cfg names and values
Detailed blog post on checked cfg
[@56:41] - Exclusive ranges in patterns
[@58:52] - Stabilized APIs
[@59:05] - Vec::<[T; N]>::into_flattened
<[[T; N]]>::as_flattened
[@1:00:31] - <[u8]>::trim_ascii
[@1:02:06] - NonNull::add and other ptr-like methods
[@1:03:41] - impl IntoIterator for Box<[T]>
[@1:05:46] - Option::take_if
[@1:07:30] - Ipv4Addr::to_bits
[@1:09:10] - Changelog deep-dive
[@1:09:25] - x86_64-unknown-linux-none
[@1:11:07] - Add size_of and align_of to the prelude
[@1:12:34] - Never type fallback flowing into unsafe
[@1:17:29] - New panics and aborts in the standard library
Abort when OwnedFd is violated
Panic if set_extension adds /
[@1:20:28] - Restore enum variants in rustdoc for type aliases
[@1:21:12] - Change assigning_clones lint to pedantic
[@1:22:15] - Turn lints into hard errors
[@1:22:49] - env::set_var regression
[@1:24:34] - StdoutLock regression
[@1:26:00] - Rust 1.80.1
Fixes miscompilation when comparing
floats
and false positives in the dead_code
lint.
Credits
Intro Theme: Aerocity
Audio Editing: Jon Gjengset
Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset
Show Notes: Jon Gjengset
Hosts: Jon Gjengset and Ben Striegel
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1:27:46
Dataland with Howard Zuo
Allen Wyma talks with Howard Zuo, CEO at Dataland, a software company that builds AI agents for customer support teams, using Rust.
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Timestamps
[@0:00] - Introduction to Howard Zuo and Dataland
[@2:21] - Supported data sources and plugins
[@5:36] - Challenges with data diversity
[@9:12] - Focus on customer support teams
[@13:02] - Choosing Rust for performance and safety
[@18:39] - Comparing Rust to Go
[@24:10] - Learning async and debugging
[@30:28] - Rust’s ecosystem for data processing
[@48:32] - Rust and WebAssembly for UI performance
[@57:14] - Closing thoughts
Credits
Intro Theme: Aerocity
Audio Editing: Plangora
Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset
Show Notes: Plangora
Hosts: Allen Wyma
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1:00:58
Nushell with WindSoilder
Allen Wyma talks with WindSoilder, a contributor to Nushell, a shell that treats data as structured tables. WindSoilder shares his journey into programming, his work on Nushell, and how Rust has shaped his development experience.
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Timestamps
[@00:00] - Meet WindSoilder: Python developer and Rust enthusiast
[@04:15] - Discovering Rust and starting with Nushell
[@09:30] - Structured data pipelines in Nushell
[@15:20] - Using Nushell for CSV, JSON, and HTTP tasks
[@20:45] - Integrating Nushell with external commands and plugins
[@27:35] - From contributor to core team member
[@33:10] - Learning Rust through Nushell: Challenges and rewards
[@38:50] - Upcoming features and improvements in Nushell
[@44:25] - Advice for new contributors and Rust beginners
[@47:40] - Final thoughts and community resources
Credits
Intro Theme: Aerocity
Audio Editing: Plangora
Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset
Show Notes: Plangora
Hosts: Allen Wyma
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33:03
ExpressVPN with Pete Membrey
Allen Wyma talks with Pete Membrey, Chief Research Officer at Kape Technologies. Pete is a software engineer with a passion for bringing technology to better the world.
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Timestamps
[@00:00] - Meet Peter Memery, Chief Research Officer at ExpressVPN
[@02:21] - Peter’s programming journey and transition to ExpressVPN
[@11:15] - Building Lightway: From C to Rust
[@24:10] - Why Rust is ideal for high-performance, secure systems
[@35:48] - How ExpressVPN collaborates and scales with Rust
[@42:00] - Advice for Rust beginners and high-performance programming
[@48:38] - ExpressVPN’s contributions to open source and RUSTAsia 2025
[@54:48] - Why Rust is “the way forward” for the industry
Other links
RUSTAsia Conf 2025
Credits
Intro Theme: Aerocity
Audio Editing: Plangora
Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset
Show Notes: Plangora
Hosts: Allen Wyma
México