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Tools like SWC, Turbopack, and Rome are rewriting the JavaScript ecosystem in Rust. Why? Because Rust offers C-level performance with guaranteed memory safety.
Rust's most famous (and notorious) feature is the borrow checker. It ensures that memory is managed safely at compile time, eliminating null pointer dereferences and data races without needing a garbage collector.
If you know TypeScript, you'll appreciate Rust's strong static typing and pattern matching. It has a steep learning curve, but the performance benefits for tooling and WebAssembly are unmatched.