How We Replaced Crystal Reports with Rust & Typst (Sub-2ms PDFs)

Name: How We Replaced Crystal Reports with Rust & Typst (Sub-2ms PDFs)
Uploaded: 2026-07-23T03:45:27.000Z
Channel: InfoQ

Rust Typst Aws lambda Pdf generation Serverless Crystal reports Content Addressable storage Document generation System architecture Aws Pdf pipeline Performance optimization

InfoQ July 23, 2026

AI summary

Software consultant Erik Steiger demonstrates how to build an ultra-fast, serverless PDF pipeline using Rust, Typst, and AWS Lambda that achieves sub-2ms rendering times. The talk covers replacing legacy tools like Crystal Reports and LaTeX with a modern architecture featuring Content-Addressable Storage for document versioning, targeting software architects and senior engineers facing enterprise document generation challenges.