Jeremy talks with Christoph Zimmermann about Redislabs’ new JSON module, which is written in Rust.

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Timestamps


[@15:12] - Why Rust
[@18:57] - Mentioning Microsoft Presentation On Rust
[@19:25] - Jeremy - Clarifying The Benefits Of Rust On Developer Productivity Compared To C++
[@20:23] - Response To Productivity 00:21:12: Checking At Compile Time Helps
[@23:29] - How have you found Rust as a Language For Interacting With Other Languages?
[@24:28] - Were Most Bugs Around Unsafe Blocks?
[@25:42] - Do You Think Rust Had Future With Redis Server?
[@26:45] - Redis Labs Is Looking To Implement Further Modules In Rust Because Of Redis SDK
[@27:39] - Overcoming Rust Learning Curve
[@28:25] - Coming From 20 Years Of C To Rust
[@28:52] - Jeremy - Rust As First Language
[@31:30] - Comparing Languages
[@32:24] - What Might An Application Look Like That Uses Redis-Json?
[@33:45] - Performance Differences With Redis JSON 2
[@35:14] - How Would You Overcome Rust’s Overhead Compared To C?
[@36:32] - Do You Think (Concurrency Will Present Itself More Often In Future Redis Modules)?
[@37:54] - Could Redis Move Towards A More Concurrent Multi-threaded Database?
[@40:05] - What The Redis Community Does Do With Multicore To Increase Throughput
[@43:27] - How Did Redis-JSON 2 Leverage Rust’s Type System?
[@44:53] - Time Check
[@45:10] - End Question: Distro & Editors Of Choice
[@46:40] - ARM & Apple Chips
[@48:17] - More Redis Resources And Community


Referenced Resources


Christoph’s Podcast
Christoph’s FOSDEM Talk
RedisJSON on GitHub
Redislabs


Credits

Intro Theme: Aerocity

Audio Editing: Cole

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset

Show Notes: Cole and Jeremy Webb

Hosts: Jeremy Webb

Guests: Chrisoph Zimmermann