The Rustacean Station Podcast

RedisJSON

Posted Sat, 29 Aug 2020 00:50:00 +0000Episode Transcript

Jeremy talks with Christoph Zimmermann about Redislabs’ new JSON module, which is written in Rust.

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Timestamps

  • [@15:12] - Why Rust
  • [@18:57] - Mentioning Microsoft Presentation On Rust
  • [@19:25] - Jeremy - Clarifying The Benefits Of Rust On Developer Productivity Compared To C++
  • [@20:23] - Response To Productivity 00:21:12: Checking At Compile Time Helps
  • [@23:29] - How have you found Rust as a Language For Interacting With Other Languages?
  • [@24:28] - Were Most Bugs Around Unsafe Blocks?
  • [@25:42] - Do You Think Rust Had Future With Redis Server?
  • [@26:45] - Redis Labs Is Looking To Implement Further Modules In Rust Because Of Redis SDK
  • [@27:39] - Overcoming Rust Learning Curve
  • [@28:25] - Coming From 20 Years Of C To Rust
  • [@28:52] - Jeremy - Rust As First Language
  • [@31:30] - Comparing Languages
  • [@32:24] - What Might An Application Look Like That Uses Redis-Json?
  • [@33:45] - Performance Differences With Redis JSON 2
  • [@35:14] - How Would You Overcome Rust’s Overhead Compared To C?
  • [@36:32] - Do You Think (Concurrency Will Present Itself More Often In Future Redis Modules)?
  • [@37:54] - Could Redis Move Towards A More Concurrent Multi-threaded Database?
  • [@40:05] - What The Redis Community Does Do With Multicore To Increase Throughput
  • [@43:27] - How Did Redis-JSON 2 Leverage Rust’s Type System?
  • [@44:53] - Time Check
  • [@45:10] - End Question: Distro & Editors Of Choice
  • [@46:40] - ARM & Apple Chips
  • [@48:17] - More Redis Resources And Community

Referenced Resources

Credits

Intro Theme: Aerocity

Audio Editing: Cole

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset

Show Notes: Cole and Jeremy Webb

Hosts: Jeremy Webb

Guests: Chrisoph Zimmermann