Is Rust’s Learning Curve Actually Worth It?

Backend engineer Ruth Linehan shares Momento's experience migrating high-performance caching services to Rust, addressing common misconceptions about Rust's development speed. She explains how the borrow checker and ownership model catch bugs at compile time, eliminating data races and reference mutations while actually improving long-term delivery velocity compared to managed languages like Ruby and Kotlin. The talk is aimed at developers evaluating Rust for production systems or considering migration from managed languages.